WoRMS name details
Physa gyrina Say, 1821
1364740 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1364740)
unaccepted > superseded combination
Species
Physa gyrina albofilata Sampson, 1894 · unaccepted (junior synonym)
Physa gyrina f. nicklinii I. Lea, 1864 · unaccepted (junior synonym)
Physa gyrina hildrethiana I. Lea, 1841 · unaccepted (junior synonym)
Physa gyrina var. albofilata Sampson, 1894 · unaccepted (junior synonym)
- Subspecies Physa gyrina albofilata Sampson, 1894 accepted as Physa gyrina Say, 1821 accepted as Physella gyrina (Say, 1821) (junior synonym)
- Subspecies Physa gyrina byersi Crabb, 1927 accepted as Physella gyrina (Say, 1821) (nomen nudum)
- Subspecies Physa gyrina elliptica I. Lea, 1834 accepted as Physella gyrina (Say, 1821) (junior synonym)
- Forma Physa gyrina f. aurea I. Lea, 1838 accepted as Physella gyrina (Say, 1821) (junior synonym)
- Forma Physa gyrina f. febigerii I. Lea, 1864 accepted as Physella gyrina (Say, 1821) (junior synonym)
- Forma Physa gyrina f. hawni I. Lea, 1864 accepted as Physella gyrina (Say, 1821) (Forma)
- Forma Physa gyrina f. nicklinii I. Lea, 1864 accepted as Physa gyrina Say, 1821 accepted as Physella gyrina (Say, 1821) (junior synonym)
- Forma Physa gyrina f. smithsoniana I. Lea, 1864 accepted as Physella gyrina (Say, 1821) (Forma)
- Subspecies Physa gyrina hildrethiana I. Lea, 1841 accepted as Physa gyrina Say, 1821 accepted as Physella gyrina (Say, 1821) (junior synonym)
- Subspecies Physa gyrina latchfordi (F. C. Baker, 1928) accepted as Physella latchfordi F. C. Baker, 1928
- Subspecies Physa gyrina oleacea Tryon, 1866 accepted as Physella gyrina (Say, 1821) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Variety Physa gyrina var. albofilata Sampson, 1894 accepted as Physa gyrina Say, 1821 accepted as Physella gyrina (Say, 1821) (junior synonym)
Say, T. (1821). Description of univalve shells of the United States. <em>Journal of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia.</em> 2(1): 149-179., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/36831337
page(s): 171 [details]
page(s): 171 [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Physa gyrina Say, 1821. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1364740 on 2025-04-02
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Nomenclature
original description
Say, T. (1821). Description of univalve shells of the United States. <em>Journal of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia.</em> 2(1): 149-179., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/36831337
page(s): 171 [details]
basis of record InvertEBase. (2018). Authority files of U.S. and Canadian land and freshwater mollusks developed for the InvertEBase (InvertEBase.org) project. [details]
basis of record Crandall, O. A. (1901). The America Physae. <em>The Nautilus.</em> 15(4): 42-45, plate 2., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/1738423
page(s): 45 [details]
page(s): 171 [details]
basis of record InvertEBase. (2018). Authority files of U.S. and Canadian land and freshwater mollusks developed for the InvertEBase (InvertEBase.org) project. [details]
basis of record Crandall, O. A. (1901). The America Physae. <em>The Nautilus.</em> 15(4): 42-45, plate 2., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/1738423
page(s): 45 [details]
Other
additional source
Baker, F. C. (1900). A revision of the physae of northeastern Illinois. <em>The Nautilus.</em> 14(2): 16-24, text-figures 1-7 [June]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/42800074
page(s): 19-22, text-figures 3-5 [details]
additional source van Hyning, T. (1904). A molluscan stampede. <em>The Nautilus.</em> 18(3): 31-32, text-figure., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/1817000 [details]
additional source Hinkley, A. A. (1912). Notes on <i>Physa gyrina</i>. <em>The Nautilus.</em> 25(9): 108., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/1818299 [details]
additional source Stearns, R. E. C. (1889). Notes on <i>Physa triticea</i> of Lea; its relations and comments on the variation, etc., of Physae. <em>The Nautilus.</em> 3(5): 49-51., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12596456 [details]
additional source Agersborg, H. P. K. (1932). The relation of temperature to continuous reproduction in the pulmonate snail, <i>Physa gyrina</i> Say. <em>The Nautilus.</em> 45(4): 121-123., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8527958 [details]
additional source Ingram, W. M. (1941). A winter thaw as a factor in reducing a fresh-water mollusk population. <em>The Nautilus.</em> 55(1): 32., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8519931 [details]
additional source Afshan, K., Beg, M. A., Ahmad, I., Ahmad, M. M. & Qayyum, M. (2013). Freshwater snail fauna of Pothwar region, Pakistan. <em>Pakistan Journal of Zoology.</em> 45(1): 227-233.
page(s): 230 [details] Available for editors
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additional source Elrod, M. J. (1902). Collecting shells in Montana. <em>The Nautilus.</em> 15(9): 103-104; 15(10): 110-112; 15(11): 129-130., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/1738492
page(s): 112 [details]
additional source Carpenter, H. F. (1902). The shell-bearing Mollusca of Rhode Island. <em>The Nautilus.</em> 15(9): 103-107; 15(10): 113-115; 15(11): 130-132; 16(2): 17-18., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/1754290
page(s): 17-18 [details]
page(s): 19-22, text-figures 3-5 [details]
additional source van Hyning, T. (1904). A molluscan stampede. <em>The Nautilus.</em> 18(3): 31-32, text-figure., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/1817000 [details]
additional source Hinkley, A. A. (1912). Notes on <i>Physa gyrina</i>. <em>The Nautilus.</em> 25(9): 108., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/1818299 [details]
additional source Stearns, R. E. C. (1889). Notes on <i>Physa triticea</i> of Lea; its relations and comments on the variation, etc., of Physae. <em>The Nautilus.</em> 3(5): 49-51., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12596456 [details]
additional source Agersborg, H. P. K. (1932). The relation of temperature to continuous reproduction in the pulmonate snail, <i>Physa gyrina</i> Say. <em>The Nautilus.</em> 45(4): 121-123., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8527958 [details]
additional source Ingram, W. M. (1941). A winter thaw as a factor in reducing a fresh-water mollusk population. <em>The Nautilus.</em> 55(1): 32., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8519931 [details]
additional source Afshan, K., Beg, M. A., Ahmad, I., Ahmad, M. M. & Qayyum, M. (2013). Freshwater snail fauna of Pothwar region, Pakistan. <em>Pakistan Journal of Zoology.</em> 45(1): 227-233.
page(s): 230 [details] Available for editors

additional source Elrod, M. J. (1902). Collecting shells in Montana. <em>The Nautilus.</em> 15(9): 103-104; 15(10): 110-112; 15(11): 129-130., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/1738492
page(s): 112 [details]
additional source Carpenter, H. F. (1902). The shell-bearing Mollusca of Rhode Island. <em>The Nautilus.</em> 15(9): 103-107; 15(10): 113-115; 15(11): 130-132; 16(2): 17-18., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/1754290
page(s): 17-18 [details]