MolluscaBase taxon details
Elimia livescens (Menke, 1830)
1116850 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1116850)
accepted
Species
Goniobasis columbiensis Whiteaves, 1905 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Goniobasis lithasiodes I. Lea, 1863 · unaccepted (junior synonym)
Goniobasis lithasioides [sic] · unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect subsequent spelling
Goniobasis livescens (Menke, 1830) · unaccepted > superseded combination
Goniobasis livescens correcta (Brot, 1862) · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Goniobasis milesii I. Lea, 1863 · unaccepted (junior synonym)
Goniobasis translucens J. G. Anthony, 1865 · unaccepted (junior synonym)
Melania bizonalis DeKay, 1843 · unaccepted (junior synonym)
Melania brevispira A. Gould, 1851 · unaccepted (junior subjective synonym)
Melania correcta Brot, 1862 · unaccepted (junior synonym)
Melania cubicoides J. G. Anthony, 1860 · unaccepted (junior synonym)
Melania cuspidata A. Gould, 1851 · unaccepted (junior synonym)
Melania elata A. Gould, 1851 · unaccepted (junior synonym)
Melania gemma DeKay, 1843 · unaccepted (junior synonym)
Melania gracilior J. G. Anthony, 1854 · unaccepted
Melania inornata A. Gould, 1851 · unaccepted (junior synonym)
Melania livescens Menke, 1830 · unaccepted (original combination)
Melania napella A. Gould, 1851 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Melania niagarensis I. Lea, 1841 · unaccepted (junior synonym)
Melania niagraensis Hannibal, 1912 · unaccepted (junior synonym)
Melania occulta J. G. Anthony, 1860 · unaccepted (junior synonym)
Melania osculata Goodrich, 1939 · unaccepted (junior synonym)
Melania rufula Haldeman, 1841 · unaccepted (junior synonym)
Melania tecta J. G. Anthony, 1854 · unaccepted (junior synonym)
- Subspecies Elimia livescens haldemani (Tryon, 1865)
- Subspecies Elimia livescens livescens (Menke, 1830)
(of Melania livescens Menke, 1830) Menke, K. T. (1830). <i>Synopsis methodica molluscorum generum omnium et specierum earum, quae in Museo Menkeano adservantur; cum synonymia critica et novarum specierum diagnosibus</i>. Ed. 2, auctior et emendatior. Georg Uslar, Pyrmont. xvi + 168 [+ 1, errata] pp. , available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13107961
page(s): 135 [details]
page(s): 135 [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Elimia livescens (Menke, 1830). Accessed at: https://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1116850 on 2025-09-11
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original description
(of Melania napella A. Gould, 1851) Gould, A.A. (1851). Descriptions of sixteen species of Melania. <em>Proceedings of the Boston Society of Natural History.</em> 3: 359-363., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8870661
page(s): 362 [details]
original description (of Goniobasis columbiensis Whiteaves, 1905) Whiteaves, J. F. (1905). Description of a new species of <i>Goniobasis</i>, from British Columbia. <em>The Nautilus.</em> 19(6): 61-62, plate 2., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/1755559
page(s): 61-62, pl. 2, figs. 11-12 [details]
original description (of Goniobasis translucens J. G. Anthony, 1865) Anthony, J.G. (1865). Descriptions of two new species of <i>Goniobasis</i>. <em>American Journal of Conchology.</em> 1(1): 36, plate 1., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16084536
page(s): 36, pl. 1, figs. 1-2 [details]
original description (of Melania bizonalis DeKay, 1843) De Kay, J. E. (1843). Mollusca. Zoology of New-York, or the New-York fauna; comprising detailed descriptions of all the animals hitherto observed within the State of New-York; with brief notices of those occasionally found near its borders; and accompanied by appropriate illustrations. Carroll and Cook, Albany, New York. Part 5, pp. 1-271, plates 1-40., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2022507
page(s): 91, pl. 7, figs. 140a-b [details]
original description (of Goniobasis milesii I. Lea, 1863) Lea I. (1863). Descriptions of fourteen new species of Melanidae and one <i>Paludina</i>. <em>Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia.</em> 15: 154-156 [30 June 1863]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/1958418
page(s): 154 [details]
original description (of Melania brevispira A. Gould, 1851) Gould, A.A. (1851). Descriptions of sixteen species of Melania. <em>Proceedings of the Boston Society of Natural History.</em> 3: 359-363., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8870661
page(s): 361 [details]
original description (of Melania correcta Brot, 1862) Brot, A. (1862). Matériaux pour servir a l'étude de la famille des Mélaniens. I. Catalogue systématique des espéces qui composent la famille des Mélaniens. Vol. 1. Jules-Guillaume Fick, Genève. 1-72., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12114511
page(s): 39 [details]
original description (of Melania cubicoides J. G. Anthony, 1860) Anthony, J.G. (1860). Descriptions of new species of American fluviatile gastropods. <em>Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia.</em> 12: 55-72., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/26297202
page(s): 60 [details]
original description (of Melania elata A. Gould, 1851) Gould, A.A. (1851). Descriptions of sixteen species of Melania. <em>Proceedings of the Boston Society of Natural History.</em> 3: 359-363., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8870661
page(s): 362 [details]
original description (of Melania gemma DeKay, 1843) De Kay, J. E. (1843). Mollusca. Zoology of New-York, or the New-York fauna; comprising detailed descriptions of all the animals hitherto observed within the State of New-York; with brief notices of those occasionally found near its borders; and accompanied by appropriate illustrations. Carroll and Cook, Albany, New York. Part 5, pp. 1-271, plates 1-40., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2022507
page(s): 91, pl. 7, fig. 142 [details]
original description (of Melania inornata A. Gould, 1851) Gould, A.A. (1851). Descriptions of sixteen species of Melania. <em>Proceedings of the Boston Society of Natural History.</em> 3: 359-363., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8870661
page(s): 360 [details]
original description (of Melania livescens Menke, 1830) Menke, K. T. (1830). <i>Synopsis methodica molluscorum generum omnium et specierum earum, quae in Museo Menkeano adservantur; cum synonymia critica et novarum specierum diagnosibus</i>. Ed. 2, auctior et emendatior. Georg Uslar, Pyrmont. xvi + 168 [+ 1, errata] pp. , available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13107961
page(s): 135 [details]
original description (of Melania cuspidata A. Gould, 1851) Gould, A.A. (1851). Descriptions of sixteen species of Melania. <em>Proceedings of the Boston Society of Natural History.</em> 3: 359-363., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8870661
page(s): 362 [details]
original description (of Melania niagarensis I. Lea, 1841) Lea, I. (1841). On fresh water and land shells (continuation) [description of fifty-seven new species of <i>Melania</i>]. <em>Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society.</em> 2(16): 11-15 [assumed publication date in March 1841 teste Scudder (1885: 27)]., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/34521473
page(s): 12 [details]
original description (of Melania occulta J. G. Anthony, 1860) Anthony, J.G. (1860). Descriptions of new species of American fluviatile gastropods. <em>Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia.</em> 12: 55-72., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/26297202
page(s): 57 [details]
original description (of Melania rufula Haldeman, 1841) Haldeman, S.S. (1841). Paludina. A monograph of the Limniades or freshwater univalve shells of North America. 2. J. Dobson, Philadelphia. 17-32, plates 6-10.
page(s): backcover [details]
original description (of Melania gracilior J. G. Anthony, 1854) Anthony, J.G. (1854). Descriptions of new fluviatile shells of the genus <i>Melania</i> Lam., from the western states of North America. <em>Annals of the Lyceum of Natural History of New York.</em> 6: 80-130, plates 1-3., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16023670
page(s): 130 [details]
original description (of Goniobasis lithasiodes I. Lea, 1863) Lea I. (1863). Descriptions of fourteen new species of Melanidae and one <i>Paludina</i>. <em>Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia.</em> 15: 154-156 [30 June 1863]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/1958418
page(s): 154 [details]
original description (of Melania tecta J. G. Anthony, 1854) Anthony, J.G. (1854). Descriptions of new fluviatile shells of the genus <i>Melania</i> Lam., from the western states of North America. <em>Annals of the Lyceum of Natural History of New York.</em> 6: 80-130, plates 1-3., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16023670
page(s): 105, pl. 3, fig. 4 [details]
original description (of Goniobasis livescens var. barronensis F. C. Baker, 1928) Baker, F. C. (1928). The fresh water Mollusca of Wisconsin. Part I. Gastropoda. <em>Wisconsin Geological and Natural History Survey Bulletin.</em> 70: xx + 507 pp., available online at https://wgnhs.wisc.edu/catalog/publication/000095/resource/b070
page(s): 186, pl. 9, fig. 33 [details]
original description (of Goniobasis livescens var. michiganensis F. C. Baker, 1928) Baker, F. C. (1928). The fresh water Mollusca of Wisconsin. Part I. Gastropoda. <em>Wisconsin Geological and Natural History Survey Bulletin.</em> 70: xx + 507 pp., available online at https://wgnhs.wisc.edu/catalog/publication/000095/resource/b070
page(s): 183, pl. 9, fig. 31 [details]
basis of record Johnson, P. D.; Bogan, A. E.; Brown, K. M.; Burkhead, N. M.; Cordeiro, J. R.; Garner, J. T.; Hartfield, P. D.; Lepitzki, D. A. W.; Mackie, G. L.; Tarpley, T. A.; Tiemann, J. S.; Whelan, N. V.; Strong, E. E. (2013). Conservation status of freshwater gastropods of Canada and the United States. <em>Fisheries.</em> 38(6): 247-282., available online at http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/03632415.2013.785396 [details] Available for editors
[request]
page(s): 362 [details]
original description (of Goniobasis columbiensis Whiteaves, 1905) Whiteaves, J. F. (1905). Description of a new species of <i>Goniobasis</i>, from British Columbia. <em>The Nautilus.</em> 19(6): 61-62, plate 2., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/1755559
page(s): 61-62, pl. 2, figs. 11-12 [details]
original description (of Goniobasis translucens J. G. Anthony, 1865) Anthony, J.G. (1865). Descriptions of two new species of <i>Goniobasis</i>. <em>American Journal of Conchology.</em> 1(1): 36, plate 1., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16084536
page(s): 36, pl. 1, figs. 1-2 [details]
original description (of Melania bizonalis DeKay, 1843) De Kay, J. E. (1843). Mollusca. Zoology of New-York, or the New-York fauna; comprising detailed descriptions of all the animals hitherto observed within the State of New-York; with brief notices of those occasionally found near its borders; and accompanied by appropriate illustrations. Carroll and Cook, Albany, New York. Part 5, pp. 1-271, plates 1-40., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2022507
page(s): 91, pl. 7, figs. 140a-b [details]
original description (of Goniobasis milesii I. Lea, 1863) Lea I. (1863). Descriptions of fourteen new species of Melanidae and one <i>Paludina</i>. <em>Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia.</em> 15: 154-156 [30 June 1863]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/1958418
page(s): 154 [details]
original description (of Melania brevispira A. Gould, 1851) Gould, A.A. (1851). Descriptions of sixteen species of Melania. <em>Proceedings of the Boston Society of Natural History.</em> 3: 359-363., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8870661
page(s): 361 [details]
original description (of Melania correcta Brot, 1862) Brot, A. (1862). Matériaux pour servir a l'étude de la famille des Mélaniens. I. Catalogue systématique des espéces qui composent la famille des Mélaniens. Vol. 1. Jules-Guillaume Fick, Genève. 1-72., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12114511
page(s): 39 [details]
original description (of Melania cubicoides J. G. Anthony, 1860) Anthony, J.G. (1860). Descriptions of new species of American fluviatile gastropods. <em>Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia.</em> 12: 55-72., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/26297202
page(s): 60 [details]
original description (of Melania elata A. Gould, 1851) Gould, A.A. (1851). Descriptions of sixteen species of Melania. <em>Proceedings of the Boston Society of Natural History.</em> 3: 359-363., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8870661
page(s): 362 [details]
original description (of Melania gemma DeKay, 1843) De Kay, J. E. (1843). Mollusca. Zoology of New-York, or the New-York fauna; comprising detailed descriptions of all the animals hitherto observed within the State of New-York; with brief notices of those occasionally found near its borders; and accompanied by appropriate illustrations. Carroll and Cook, Albany, New York. Part 5, pp. 1-271, plates 1-40., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2022507
page(s): 91, pl. 7, fig. 142 [details]
original description (of Melania inornata A. Gould, 1851) Gould, A.A. (1851). Descriptions of sixteen species of Melania. <em>Proceedings of the Boston Society of Natural History.</em> 3: 359-363., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8870661
page(s): 360 [details]
original description (of Melania livescens Menke, 1830) Menke, K. T. (1830). <i>Synopsis methodica molluscorum generum omnium et specierum earum, quae in Museo Menkeano adservantur; cum synonymia critica et novarum specierum diagnosibus</i>. Ed. 2, auctior et emendatior. Georg Uslar, Pyrmont. xvi + 168 [+ 1, errata] pp. , available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13107961
page(s): 135 [details]
original description (of Melania cuspidata A. Gould, 1851) Gould, A.A. (1851). Descriptions of sixteen species of Melania. <em>Proceedings of the Boston Society of Natural History.</em> 3: 359-363., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8870661
page(s): 362 [details]
original description (of Melania niagarensis I. Lea, 1841) Lea, I. (1841). On fresh water and land shells (continuation) [description of fifty-seven new species of <i>Melania</i>]. <em>Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society.</em> 2(16): 11-15 [assumed publication date in March 1841 teste Scudder (1885: 27)]., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/34521473
page(s): 12 [details]
original description (of Melania occulta J. G. Anthony, 1860) Anthony, J.G. (1860). Descriptions of new species of American fluviatile gastropods. <em>Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia.</em> 12: 55-72., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/26297202
page(s): 57 [details]
original description (of Melania rufula Haldeman, 1841) Haldeman, S.S. (1841). Paludina. A monograph of the Limniades or freshwater univalve shells of North America. 2. J. Dobson, Philadelphia. 17-32, plates 6-10.
page(s): backcover [details]
original description (of Melania gracilior J. G. Anthony, 1854) Anthony, J.G. (1854). Descriptions of new fluviatile shells of the genus <i>Melania</i> Lam., from the western states of North America. <em>Annals of the Lyceum of Natural History of New York.</em> 6: 80-130, plates 1-3., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16023670
page(s): 130 [details]
original description (of Goniobasis lithasiodes I. Lea, 1863) Lea I. (1863). Descriptions of fourteen new species of Melanidae and one <i>Paludina</i>. <em>Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia.</em> 15: 154-156 [30 June 1863]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/1958418
page(s): 154 [details]
original description (of Melania tecta J. G. Anthony, 1854) Anthony, J.G. (1854). Descriptions of new fluviatile shells of the genus <i>Melania</i> Lam., from the western states of North America. <em>Annals of the Lyceum of Natural History of New York.</em> 6: 80-130, plates 1-3., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16023670
page(s): 105, pl. 3, fig. 4 [details]
original description (of Goniobasis livescens var. barronensis F. C. Baker, 1928) Baker, F. C. (1928). The fresh water Mollusca of Wisconsin. Part I. Gastropoda. <em>Wisconsin Geological and Natural History Survey Bulletin.</em> 70: xx + 507 pp., available online at https://wgnhs.wisc.edu/catalog/publication/000095/resource/b070
page(s): 186, pl. 9, fig. 33 [details]
original description (of Goniobasis livescens var. michiganensis F. C. Baker, 1928) Baker, F. C. (1928). The fresh water Mollusca of Wisconsin. Part I. Gastropoda. <em>Wisconsin Geological and Natural History Survey Bulletin.</em> 70: xx + 507 pp., available online at https://wgnhs.wisc.edu/catalog/publication/000095/resource/b070
page(s): 183, pl. 9, fig. 31 [details]
basis of record Johnson, P. D.; Bogan, A. E.; Brown, K. M.; Burkhead, N. M.; Cordeiro, J. R.; Garner, J. T.; Hartfield, P. D.; Lepitzki, D. A. W.; Mackie, G. L.; Tarpley, T. A.; Tiemann, J. S.; Whelan, N. V.; Strong, E. E. (2013). Conservation status of freshwater gastropods of Canada and the United States. <em>Fisheries.</em> 38(6): 247-282., available online at http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/03632415.2013.785396 [details] Available for editors
[request]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
To ANSP Malacology Collection (syntype of Goniobasis translucens. Anthony, 1865. American Journal of Conchology 1: 36 - catalog no. 8578) (from synonym Goniobasis translucens J. G. Anthony, 1865)
To ANSP Malacology Collection (syntypes of Goniobasis columbiensis. Whiteaves, 1905. Nautilus 19 (6): 61-62, pl. 2, figs. 11, 12 - catalog no. 90181) (from synonym Goniobasis columbiensis Whiteaves, 1905)
To ANSP Malacology Collection (syntypes of Goniobasis columbiensis. Whiteaves, 1905. Nautilus 19 (6): 61-62, pl. 2, figs. 11, 12 - catalog no. 90181) (from synonym Goniobasis columbiensis Whiteaves, 1905)
