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Elimia lecontiana decorata (J. G. Anthony, 1860)
1248917 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1248917)
accepted
Subspecies
Eurycaelon leai Tryon, 1866 · unaccepted (junior synonym)
Goniobasis binneyiana I. Lea, 1862 · unaccepted (junior synonym)
Goniobasis flavescens I. Lea, 1862 · unaccepted (junior synonym)
Goniobasis granata I. Lea, 1862 · unaccepted (junior synonym)
Goniobasis granatoides I. Lea, 1868 · unaccepted (junior synonym)
Goniobasis similis I. Lea, 1868 · unaccepted (junior synonym)
Goniobasis tryoniana I. Lea, 1862 · unaccepted (junior synonym)
Melania decorata J. G. Anthony, 1860 · unaccepted (original combination)
(of Melania decorata 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): 55 [details]
page(s): 55 [details]
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original description
(of Goniobasis binneyiana I. Lea, 1862) Lea I. (1862). Description of a new genus (<i>Goniobasis</i>) of the family Melanidae and eighty-two new species. <em>Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia.</em> 14: 262-273 [after 27 May 1862]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/26361234
page(s): 266 [details]
original description (of Goniobasis flavescens I. Lea, 1862) Lea I. (1862). Description of a new genus (<i>Goniobasis</i>) of the family Melanidae and eighty-two new species. <em>Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia.</em> 14: 262-273 [after 27 May 1862]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/26361234
page(s): 271 [details]
original description (of Goniobasis granata I. Lea, 1862) Lea I. (1862). Description of a new genus (<i>Goniobasis</i>) of the family Melanidae and eighty-two new species. <em>Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia.</em> 14: 262-273 [after 27 May 1862]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/26361234
page(s): 272 [details]
original description (of Goniobasis granatoides I. Lea, 1868) Lea, I. (1868). Descriptions of twenty-six new species of Melanidae of the United States. <em>Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia.</em> 16: 151-153 [after 26 May 1868; pp. 151-152 before 9 November, p. 153 before 2 December 1868]., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/9768300
page(s): 152 [details]
original description (of Goniobasis similis I. Lea, 1868) Lea, I. (1868). Descriptions of twenty-six new species of Melanidae of the United States. <em>Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia.</em> 16: 151-153 [after 26 May 1868; pp. 151-152 before 9 November, p. 153 before 2 December 1868]., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/9768300
page(s): 151 [details]
original description (of Goniobasis tryoniana I. Lea, 1862) Lea I. (1862). Description of a new genus (<i>Goniobasis</i>) of the family Melanidae and eighty-two new species. <em>Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia.</em> 14: 262-273 [after 27 May 1862]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/26361234
page(s): 272 [details]
original description (of Melania decorata 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): 55 [details]
basis of record Graf, D. L. (2001). The cleansing of the Augean Stables, or a lexicon of the nominal species of the Pleuroceridae (Gastropoda: Prosobranchia) of recent North America, North Mexico. <em>Walkerana.</em> 11 (27): 1-124. [details] Available for editors
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page(s): 266 [details]
original description (of Goniobasis flavescens I. Lea, 1862) Lea I. (1862). Description of a new genus (<i>Goniobasis</i>) of the family Melanidae and eighty-two new species. <em>Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia.</em> 14: 262-273 [after 27 May 1862]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/26361234
page(s): 271 [details]
original description (of Goniobasis granata I. Lea, 1862) Lea I. (1862). Description of a new genus (<i>Goniobasis</i>) of the family Melanidae and eighty-two new species. <em>Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia.</em> 14: 262-273 [after 27 May 1862]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/26361234
page(s): 272 [details]
original description (of Goniobasis granatoides I. Lea, 1868) Lea, I. (1868). Descriptions of twenty-six new species of Melanidae of the United States. <em>Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia.</em> 16: 151-153 [after 26 May 1868; pp. 151-152 before 9 November, p. 153 before 2 December 1868]., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/9768300
page(s): 152 [details]
original description (of Goniobasis similis I. Lea, 1868) Lea, I. (1868). Descriptions of twenty-six new species of Melanidae of the United States. <em>Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia.</em> 16: 151-153 [after 26 May 1868; pp. 151-152 before 9 November, p. 153 before 2 December 1868]., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/9768300
page(s): 151 [details]
original description (of Goniobasis tryoniana I. Lea, 1862) Lea I. (1862). Description of a new genus (<i>Goniobasis</i>) of the family Melanidae and eighty-two new species. <em>Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia.</em> 14: 262-273 [after 27 May 1862]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/26361234
page(s): 272 [details]
original description (of Melania decorata 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): 55 [details]
basis of record Graf, D. L. (2001). The cleansing of the Augean Stables, or a lexicon of the nominal species of the Pleuroceridae (Gastropoda: Prosobranchia) of recent North America, North Mexico. <em>Walkerana.</em> 11 (27): 1-124. [details] Available for editors

To ANSP Malacology Collection (syntype of Melania decorata. Anthony, 1860. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 12: 55 - catalog no. 8721) (from synonym Melania decorata J. G. Anthony, 1860)
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