MolluscaBase taxon details
Megalovalvata demersa (Lindholm, 1909)
1063534 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1063534)
accepted
Species
Valvata (Liratina) baicalensis var. demersa Lindholm, 1909 · unaccepted (original combination)
Valvata (Megalovalvata) piligera f. demersa Lindholm, 1909 · unaccepted (superseded rank and combination)
recent only
(of Valvata (Liratina) baicalensis var. demersa Lindholm, 1909) Lindholm, W. A. (1909). Die Mollusken des Baikal-Sees (Gastropoda et Pelecypoda). In: <i>Wissenschaftliche Ergebnisse einer Zoologischen Expedition nach dem Baikal-See, unter der Leitung des Prof. A. Korotneff 1900-1902</i>, 4: 1-104. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13074710
page(s): 79 [details]
page(s): 79 [details]
Note Russia, Lake Baikal, Berkhin Bay, on sandy...
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Type locality Russia, Lake Baikal, Berkhin Bay, on sandy bottom, 53 m depth [details]
Distribution Widely distributed in the littoral zone of Lake Baikal where it lives on sandy and sandy-stony
sediments at depths of...
sediments at depths of...
Distribution Widely distributed in the littoral zone of Lake Baikal where it lives on sandy and sandy-stony
sediments at depths of 3–50 m. [details]
sediments at depths of 3–50 m. [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Megalovalvata demersa (Lindholm, 1909). Accessed at: http://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1063534 on 2025-09-11
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original description
(of Valvata (Liratina) baicalensis var. demersa Lindholm, 1909) Lindholm, W. A. (1909). Die Mollusken des Baikal-Sees (Gastropoda et Pelecypoda). In: <i>Wissenschaftliche Ergebnisse einer Zoologischen Expedition nach dem Baikal-See, unter der Leitung des Prof. A. Korotneff 1900-1902</i>, 4: 1-104. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13074710
page(s): 79 [details]
basis of record Vinarski, M. V.; Kantor, Yu. I. (2016). Analytical catalogue of fresh and brackish water molluscs of Russia and adjacent countries. A. N. Severtsov Institute of Ecology and Evolution of Russian Academy of Science, Moscow, 544 pp.
page(s): 281 [details] Available for editors
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additional source Sitnikova, T. Ya. (1983). The system of endemic species of the genus <i>Megalovalvata</i> and some questions of taxonomy of the family Valvatidae (Gastropoda, Pectinibranchia). <em>Zoologicheskiy Zhurnal.</em> 62 (1): 32–44. [in Russian, English summary].
page(s): 37, fig. 2(2) [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Sitnikova T.Ya. (1994). Gastropods of Baikal Lake. The family Valvatidae. <em>Ruthenica, Russian Malacological Journal.</em> 4: 85–98.
page(s): 88, fig. 10 C [details] Available for editors [request]
status source Sitnikova, T. Y. (2018). Review of Valvatidae (Gastropoda: Heterobranchia) endemic to Lake Baikal, with taxonomic and morphological notes. <em>Archiv für Molluskenkunde.</em> 147(2): 181-201., available online at https://doi.org/10.1127/arch.moll/147/181-201
page(s): 193, figs. 6G, 8G, 9A–F, H [details] Available for editors [request]
page(s): 79 [details]
basis of record Vinarski, M. V.; Kantor, Yu. I. (2016). Analytical catalogue of fresh and brackish water molluscs of Russia and adjacent countries. A. N. Severtsov Institute of Ecology and Evolution of Russian Academy of Science, Moscow, 544 pp.
page(s): 281 [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Sitnikova, T. Ya. (1983). The system of endemic species of the genus <i>Megalovalvata</i> and some questions of taxonomy of the family Valvatidae (Gastropoda, Pectinibranchia). <em>Zoologicheskiy Zhurnal.</em> 62 (1): 32–44. [in Russian, English summary].
page(s): 37, fig. 2(2) [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Sitnikova T.Ya. (1994). Gastropods of Baikal Lake. The family Valvatidae. <em>Ruthenica, Russian Malacological Journal.</em> 4: 85–98.
page(s): 88, fig. 10 C [details] Available for editors
[request]status source Sitnikova, T. Y. (2018). Review of Valvatidae (Gastropoda: Heterobranchia) endemic to Lake Baikal, with taxonomic and morphological notes. <em>Archiv für Molluskenkunde.</em> 147(2): 181-201., available online at https://doi.org/10.1127/arch.moll/147/181-201
page(s): 193, figs. 6G, 8G, 9A–F, H [details] Available for editors
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Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
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Distribution Widely distributed in the littoral zone of Lake Baikal where it lives on sandy and sandy-stonysediments at depths of 3–50 m. [details]
Lectotype Designated by Sitnikova [1983: 37] [details]
Type locality Russia, Lake Baikal, Berkhin Bay, on sandy bottom, 53 m depth [details]
