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Pleurocera Rafinesque, 1818

820483  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:820483)

  1. Biota
  2. Animalia (Kingdom)
  3. Mollusca (Phylum)
  4. Gastropoda (Class)
  5. Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
  6. Caenogastropoda incertae sedis (Order)
  7. Cerithioidea (Superfamily)
  8. Pleuroceridae (Family)
  9. Pleurocera (Genus)
accepted
Genus
Pleurocerus acutus Rafinesque, 1824 accepted as Pleurocera acuta Rafinesque, 1824 (type by subsequent designation)
Ceriphasia Swainson, 1840 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Cerithidea (Ceriphasia) Swainson, 1840 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Pleurocera (Strephobasis) I. Lea, 1861 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Pleuroceras Cossmann, 1909 · unaccepted (unjustified emendation of...)  
unjustified emendation of Pleurocera
Pleurocerus · unaccepted (incorrect subsequent spelling)
Strephobasis I. Lea, 1861 · unaccepted (junior synonym)
Trypanostoma I. Lea, 1862 · unaccepted (junior synonym)

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  1. Species Pleurocera acuta Rafinesque, 1824
  2. Species Pleurocera alveare (Conrad, 1834)
  3. Species Pleurocera annulifera (Conrad, 1834)
  4. Species Pleurocera attenuata (I. Lea, 1862)
  5. Species Pleurocera brumbyi (I. Lea, 1852)
  6. Species Pleurocera burkevillensis Stenzel & F. E. Turner, 1944 †
  7. Species Pleurocera canaliculata (Say, 1821)
  8. Species Pleurocera corpulenta (J. G. Anthony, 1854)
  9. Species Pleurocera foremani (I. Lea, 1843)
  10. Species Pleurocera gigantica Naranjo-García & Aguillón, 2019 †
  11. Species Pleurocera gradata (J. G. Anthony, 1854)
  12. Species Pleurocera guantouensis W. Yü, 1980 †
  13. Species Pleurocera nicolayana (Hartt, 1870) †
  14. Species Pleurocera nobilis (I. Lea, 1845)
  15. Species Pleurocera parva (I. Lea, 1862)
  16. Species Pleurocera picta (I. Lea, 1841)
  17. Species Pleurocera postellii (I. Lea, 1862)
  18. Species Pleurocera prasinata (Conrad, 1834)
  19. Species Pleurocera pyrenella (Conrad, 1834)
  20. Species Pleurocera showalterii (I. Lea, 1862)
  21. Species Pleurocera striata (I. Lea, 1862)
  22. Species Pleurocera trochiformis (Conrad, 1834)
  23. Species Pleurocera uncialis (Haldeman, 1842)
  24. Species Pleurocera vestita (Conrad, 1834)
  25. Species Pleurocera viridula (J. G. Anthony, 1854)
  26. Species Pleurocera walkeri Goodrich, 1928
  27. Species Pleurocera warrenana (Meek & Hayden, 1857) †
  28. Subgenus Pleurocera (Strephobasis) I. Lea, 1861 accepted as Pleurocera Rafinesque, 1818 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
    1. Species Pleurocera (Strephobasis) curtum (Haldeman, 1841) accepted as Pleurocera picta (I. Lea, 1841) (unaccepted > incorrect grammatical agreement of specific epithet)
  29. Species Pleurocera acutum Rafinesque, 1824 accepted as Pleurocera acuta Rafinesque, 1824 (wrong gender of specific epithet)
  30. Species Pleurocera affine (I. Lea, 1864) accepted as Pleurocera canaliculata (Say, 1821) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  31. Species Pleurocera alabamense (I. Lea, 1862) accepted as Pleurocera canaliculata (Say, 1821) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  32. Species Pleurocera altipetum (J. G. Anthony, 1854) accepted as Pleurocera canaliculata (Say, 1821) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  33. Species Pleurocera angulata Rafinesque, 1818 (unaccepted > nomen nudum)
  34. Species Pleurocera bicinctum Tryon, 1866 accepted as Pleurocera picta (I. Lea, 1841) (junior synonym)
  35. Species Pleurocera coneola Rafinesque, 1818 (unaccepted > nomen nudum)
  36. Species Pleurocera conradi Tryon, 1865 accepted as Pleurocera pyrenella (Conrad, 1834)
  37. Species Pleurocera costulatum T. Fuchs, 1870 † accepted as Goniochilus costulatus (T. Fuchs, 1870) † (unaccepted > superseded combination)
  38. Species Pleurocera currierana (I. Lea, 1863) accepted as Pleurocera brumbyi (I. Lea, 1852) (junior synonym)
  39. Species Pleurocera curta (Haldeman, 1841) accepted as Pleurocera picta (I. Lea, 1841) (based on invalid original name (junior homonym))
  40. Species Pleurocera fasciata Rafinesque, 1818 (unaccepted > nomen nudum)
  41. Species Pleurocera hinkleyi Goodrich, 1921 accepted as Pleurocera acuta hinkleyi (Goodrich, 1921) accepted as Pleurocera acuta Rafinesque, 1824 (original combination)
  42. Species Pleurocera kochii T. Fuchs, 1870 † accepted as Goniochilus kochii (T. Fuchs, 1870) † (unaccepted > superseded combination)
  43. Species Pleurocera laeve T. Fuchs, 1870 † accepted as Micromelania laevis (T. Fuchs, 1870) † (unaccepted > superseded combination)
  44. Species Pleurocera leaii Tryon, 1873 accepted as Pleurocera prasinata (Conrad, 1834) (junior synonym)
  45. Species Pleurocera lewisii (I. Lea, 1862) accepted as Pleurocera acuta Rafinesque, 1824 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  46. Species Pleurocera parkeri Tryon, 1873 accepted as Elimia viennaensis (I. Lea, 1862) (junior synonym; a replacement name for Trypanostoma tortum I. Lea, 1862)
  47. Species Pleurocera parkerii Tryon, 1873 accepted as Pleurocera canaliculata (Say, 1821) (junior synonym)
  48. Species Pleurocera plicatum Tryon, 1863 accepted as Pleurocera alveare (Conrad, 1834) (junior synonym)
  49. Species Pleurocera postelli (I. Lea, 1862) accepted as Pleurocera postellii (I. Lea, 1862) (orthographic error in species epithet)
  50. Species Pleurocera quadrosa Rafinesque, 1831 accepted as Pleurocera canaliculata (Say, 1821) (junior synonym)
  51. Species Pleurocera radmanesti T. Fuchs, 1870 † accepted as Prososthenia radmanesti (T. Fuchs, 1870) † (unaccepted > superseded combination)
  52. Species Pleurocera retusa Rafinesque, 1818 (unaccepted > nomen nudum)
  53. Species Pleurocera saxatilis Rafinesque, 1818 (unaccepted > nomen nudum)
  54. Species Pleurocera scalariaeforme T. Fuchs, 1870 † accepted as Goniochilus scalariaeformis (T. Fuchs, 1870) † (unaccepted > superseded combination)
  55. Species Pleurocera schwabenaui T. Fuchs, 1870 † accepted as Goniochilus schwabenaui (T. Fuchs, 1870) † (unaccepted > superseded combination)
  56. Species Pleurocera shenandoa Dillon, 2019 accepted as Elimia shenandoa (Dillon, 2019) (original combination)
  57. Species Pleurocera showalteri (I. Lea, 1862) accepted as Pleurocera showalterii (I. Lea, 1862) (incorrect subsequent spelling )
  58. Species Pleurocera spinosa (Deshayes, 1834) † accepted as Moniquia suzanna (A. d'Orbigny, 1850) † (unaccepted > junior homonym, junior homonym of Cerithium spinosum Bruguière, 1792; C. suzanna is a replacement name)
  59. Species Pleurocera strombiforme (Schlotheim, 1820) † accepted as Pseudoglauconia carbonaria (F. A. Roemer, 1836) † (nomen nudum; synonym)
  60. Species Pleurocera subulare (I. Lea, 1831) accepted as Pleurocera acuta Rafinesque, 1824 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  61. Species Pleurocera terebriformis (J. Morris, 1859) † accepted as Pachychilus terebriformis (J. Morris, 1859) † (unaccepted > superseded combination)
  62. Species Pleurocera turricula Rafinesque, 1818 (unaccepted > nomen nudum)
  63. Species Pleurocera verrucosa Rafinesque, 1820 accepted as Lithasia verrucosa (Rafinesque, 1820) (unaccepted combination)
  64. Species Pleurocera gonula Rafinesque, 1831 (uncertain > nomen dubium)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
feminine
Rafinesque, C.S. (1818). Discoveries in natural history, made during a journey through the western region of the United States. <em>The American Monthly Magazine and Critical Review.</em> 3(5): 354-356.
page(s): 355 [details] 
MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Pleurocera Rafinesque, 1818. Accessed at: http://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=820483 on 2025-09-10
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2014-10-30 14:11:28Z
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Neubauer, Thomas A.
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Köhler, Frank
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Köhler, Frank
2019-04-26 00:35:17Z
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Bouchet, Philippe

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original description Rafinesque, C.S. (1818). Discoveries in natural history, made during a journey through the western region of the United States. <em>The American Monthly Magazine and Critical Review.</em> 3(5): 354-356.
page(s): 355 [details] 

original description (of Cerithidea (Ceriphasia) Swainson, 1840) Swainson, W. (1840). A treatise on malacology; or the natural classification of shells and shell-fish. Longman, London, viii + 419 pp., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/33450
page(s): 204, 342 [details] 

original description (of Strephobasis I. Lea, 1861) Lea, I. (1861). Description of a new genus (<i>Strephobasis</i>) of the family Melanidae, and three new species. <em>Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia.</em> 13: 96 [14 May 1861]., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/1683225
page(s): 96 [details] 

original description (of Oxytrema Rafinesque, 1819) Rafinesque, C. S. (1819). Prodrome. De 70 nouveaux genres d'animaux découverts dans l'intérieur des Etats-Unis d'Amérique, durant l'année 1818. <em>Journal de physique, de chimie, d'histoire naturelle et des arts.</em> 88: 417-429., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6172335
page(s): 423 [details] 

original description (of Pleuroceras Cossmann, 1909) Cossmann, M. (1909). Essais de paléoconchologie comparée. Huitième livraison. Paris, The author and de Rudeval. 248 pp., 4 pls., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/36852591
page(s): 190 [details] 

original description (of Telescopella Gray, 1847) Gray, J. E. (1847). A list of the genera of recent Mollusca, their synonyma and types. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> (1847) 15: 129-219. [November 1847]., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12862913
page(s): 153 [details] 

original description (of Strepoma Haldeman, 1864) Haldeman S.S. (1864). On Streptomatidae as a name for a family of fluviatile Mollusca, usually confounded with <i>Melania</i>. <em>Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia.</em> 15(6): 273-274., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/1958537
page(s): 273-274 [details] 

original description (of Trypanostoma I. Lea, 1862) Lea, I. (1862). Description of a new genus, (<i>Trypanostoma</i>) of the family Melanidae, and of forty-five new species. <em>Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia.</em> 14: 169-175 [after 29 April 1862]., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/1951641
page(s): 169 [details] 

additional source Walker, B. (1917). The type of <i>Pleurocera</i> Rafinesque. <em>Occasional Papers of the Museum of Zoology, University of Michigan.</em> No. 38: 1-10., available online at https://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/handle/2027.42/56477/OP038.pdf?sequence=1&isAllowed=y [details] 

subsequent type designation ICZN. (1981). Opinion 1195. <i>Pleurocera</i> Rafinesque, 1818 (Gastropoda): The type species is <i>Pleurocerus acutus</i> Rafinesque in Blainville, 1824. <em>Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature.</em> 38 (4): 259-265., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12227814#page/301/mode/1up [details] 
 
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