Traits taxon details
Pleurocera Rafinesque, 1818
820483 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:820483)
accepted
Genus
Pleurocerus acutus Rafinesque, 1824 accepted as Pleurocera acuta Rafinesque, 1824 (type by subsequent designation)
Pleurocerus · unaccepted (incorrect subsequent spelling)
Trypanostoma I. Lea, 1862 · unaccepted (junior synonym)
- Species Pleurocera acuta Rafinesque, 1824
- Species Pleurocera alveare (Conrad, 1834)
- Species Pleurocera annulifera (Conrad, 1834)
- Species Pleurocera attenuata (I. Lea, 1862)
- Species Pleurocera brumbyi (I. Lea, 1852)
- Species Pleurocera burkevillensis Stenzel & F. E. Turner, 1944 †
- Species Pleurocera canaliculata (Say, 1821)
- Species Pleurocera corpulenta (J. G. Anthony, 1854)
- Species Pleurocera foremani (I. Lea, 1843)
- Species Pleurocera gigantica Naranjo-García & Aguillón, 2019 †
- Species Pleurocera gradata (J. G. Anthony, 1854)
- Species Pleurocera guantouensis W. Yü, 1980 †
- Species Pleurocera nicolayana (Hartt, 1870) †
- Species Pleurocera nobilis (I. Lea, 1845)
- Species Pleurocera parva (I. Lea, 1862)
- Species Pleurocera picta (I. Lea, 1841)
- Species Pleurocera postellii (I. Lea, 1862)
- Species Pleurocera prasinata (Conrad, 1834)
- Species Pleurocera pyrenella (Conrad, 1834)
- Species Pleurocera showalterii (I. Lea, 1862)
- Species Pleurocera striata (I. Lea, 1862)
- Species Pleurocera trochiformis (Conrad, 1834)
- Species Pleurocera uncialis (Haldeman, 1842)
- Species Pleurocera vestita (Conrad, 1834)
- Species Pleurocera viridula (J. G. Anthony, 1854)
- Species Pleurocera walkeri Goodrich, 1928
- Species Pleurocera warrenana (Meek & Hayden, 1857) †
- Species Pleurocera acutum Rafinesque, 1824 accepted as Pleurocera acuta Rafinesque, 1824 (wrong gender of specific epithet)
- Species Pleurocera costulatum T. Fuchs, 1870 † accepted as Goniochilus costulatus (T. Fuchs, 1870) † (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Pleurocera curta (Haldeman, 1841) accepted as Pleurocera picta (I. Lea, 1841) (based on invalid original name (junior homonym))
- Species Pleurocera kochii T. Fuchs, 1870 † accepted as Goniochilus kochii (T. Fuchs, 1870) † (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Pleurocera laeve T. Fuchs, 1870 † accepted as Micromelania laevis (T. Fuchs, 1870) † (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Pleurocera postelli (I. Lea, 1862) accepted as Pleurocera postellii (I. Lea, 1862) (orthographic error in species epithet)
- Species Pleurocera radmanesti T. Fuchs, 1870 † accepted as Prososthenia radmanesti (T. Fuchs, 1870) † (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Pleurocera scalariaeforme T. Fuchs, 1870 † accepted as Goniochilus scalariaeformis (T. Fuchs, 1870) † (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Pleurocera schwabenaui T. Fuchs, 1870 † accepted as Goniochilus schwabenaui (T. Fuchs, 1870) † (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Pleurocera showalteri (I. Lea, 1862) accepted as Pleurocera showalterii (I. Lea, 1862) (incorrect subsequent spelling )
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]
page(s): 355 [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Pleurocera Rafinesque, 1818. Accessed through: Marine Species Traits editorial board (2021) Marine Species Traits at: https://www.marinespecies.org/traits/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=820483 on 2025-05-14
Marine Species Traits editorial board (2025). Marine Species Traits. Pleurocera Rafinesque, 1818. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/traits/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=820483 on 2025-05-14
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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 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]
page(s): 355 [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]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
