MolluscaBase taxon details
Radix onychia (Westerlund, 1883)
1251163 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1251163)
accepted
Species
Erinna (Omia) japonica (Preston, 1916) · unaccepted (superseded combination; junior synonym)
Limnaea onychia Westerlund, 1883 · unaccepted (original combination)
Lithotis japonica Preston, 1916 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
recent only
(of Limnaea onychia Westerlund, 1883) Westerlund, C. A. (1883). Von der Vega-Expedition in Asien gesammelte Binnenmollusken. <em>Nachrichtsblatt der Deutschen Malakozoologischen Gesellschaft.</em> 15 (3/4): 48-59. Frankfurt am Main [March/April]., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31121693
page(s): 49 [details]
page(s): 49 [details]
Type locality contained in Biwa lake
, Note Type locality: Japan, Biva (=Lake Biwa), Shiga...
type locality contained in Biwa lake [details]
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Type locality Type locality: Japan, Biva (=Lake Biwa), Shiga Pref., Honshu. [details]
Distribution Endemic to the Biwa lake
Distribution Endemic to the Biwa lake [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Radix onychia (Westerlund, 1883). Accessed at: https://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1251163 on 2025-09-11
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original description
(of Lithotis japonica Preston, 1916) Preston, H.B. (1916). Descriptions of new freshwater shells from Japan. The Annals and Magazine of Natural History, (8) 17 (98): 159-163, pl. 9. London. [1 February]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15612325
page(s): 160, pl. 9, figs 6, 6a [details]
original description (of Limnaea onychia Westerlund, 1883) Westerlund, C. A. (1883). Von der Vega-Expedition in Asien gesammelte Binnenmollusken. <em>Nachrichtsblatt der Deutschen Malakozoologischen Gesellschaft.</em> 15 (3/4): 48-59. Frankfurt am Main [March/April]., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31121693
page(s): 49 [details]
taxonomy source Aksenova, O. V.; Vinarski, M. V.; Itagaki, T.; Ohari, Y.; Oshida, T.; Kim, S. K.; Lee, J. H.; Kondakov, A. V.; Khrebtova, I. S.; Soboleva, A. A.; Travina, O. V.; Sokolova, S. E.; Palatov, D. M.; Bespalaya, Y. V.; Vikhrev, I. V.; Gofarov, M. Y.; Bolotov, I. N. (2024). Taxonomy and trans-Beringian biogeography of the pond snails (Gastropoda: Lymnaeidae) of East Asia: an integrative view. <em>Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society.</em> 201(4)., available online at https://doi.org/10.1093/zoolinnean/zlae083 [details] Available for editors
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basis of record Kruglov, N.D. & Starobogatov, Ya.I. (1993). Guide to Recent molluscs of northern Eurasia. 3. Annotated and illustrated catalogue of species of the family Lymnaeidae (Gatropoda Pulmonata Lymnaeiformis) of Palaearctic and adjacent river drianages areas. Part 2. Ruthenica, 3 (2): 161-181. Moskva.
page(s): 171 [details]
additional source Habe T. (1984). Type specimens of the Japanese land and freshwater molluscs collected during the Vega Expedition and housed in the Swedish Natural History Museum in Stockholm. <em>Venus, Japanese Journal of Malacology.</em> 43(4): 305-313., available online at https://doi.org/10.18941/venusjjm.43.4_305
page(s): 310, pl. 1, fig. 11 [details] Available for editors [request]
page(s): 160, pl. 9, figs 6, 6a [details]
original description (of Limnaea onychia Westerlund, 1883) Westerlund, C. A. (1883). Von der Vega-Expedition in Asien gesammelte Binnenmollusken. <em>Nachrichtsblatt der Deutschen Malakozoologischen Gesellschaft.</em> 15 (3/4): 48-59. Frankfurt am Main [March/April]., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31121693
page(s): 49 [details]
taxonomy source Aksenova, O. V.; Vinarski, M. V.; Itagaki, T.; Ohari, Y.; Oshida, T.; Kim, S. K.; Lee, J. H.; Kondakov, A. V.; Khrebtova, I. S.; Soboleva, A. A.; Travina, O. V.; Sokolova, S. E.; Palatov, D. M.; Bespalaya, Y. V.; Vikhrev, I. V.; Gofarov, M. Y.; Bolotov, I. N. (2024). Taxonomy and trans-Beringian biogeography of the pond snails (Gastropoda: Lymnaeidae) of East Asia: an integrative view. <em>Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society.</em> 201(4)., available online at https://doi.org/10.1093/zoolinnean/zlae083 [details] Available for editors
[request]basis of record Kruglov, N.D. & Starobogatov, Ya.I. (1993). Guide to Recent molluscs of northern Eurasia. 3. Annotated and illustrated catalogue of species of the family Lymnaeidae (Gatropoda Pulmonata Lymnaeiformis) of Palaearctic and adjacent river drianages areas. Part 2. Ruthenica, 3 (2): 161-181. Moskva.
page(s): 171 [details]
additional source Habe T. (1984). Type specimens of the Japanese land and freshwater molluscs collected during the Vega Expedition and housed in the Swedish Natural History Museum in Stockholm. <em>Venus, Japanese Journal of Malacology.</em> 43(4): 305-313., available online at https://doi.org/10.18941/venusjjm.43.4_305
page(s): 310, pl. 1, fig. 11 [details] Available for editors
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Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
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Distribution Endemic to the Biwa lake [details]Type locality Type locality: Japan, Biva (=Lake Biwa), Shiga Pref., Honshu. [details]
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