Frank Collins Baker

Frank Collins Baker (1867-1942), U.S. malacologist, zoologist and paleontologist.

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• 8 taxon names authored by Frank Collins Baker

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• 1889. Notes on Florida shells. The Nautilus 3: 53–54.
• 1889. Description of a new species of Ocinebra. The Nautilus 3: 80–81.

• 1890. Remarks on Urosalpinx perrugatus Conrad. The Nautilus 4: 29–30.
• 1890. A catalogue of conchological abbreviations. The Nautilus 4: 89-91: 115–117.
• 1890. On the modification of the apex of Murex. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 1890: 66–72.

• 1891. Catalogue of specimens of Echinodermata, corals, gorgonians, and sponges. Ward's Natural Science Establishment, Rochester, N.Y., iv. + 82 pp.
• 1891. Descriptions of new species of Muricidae, with remarks on the apices of certain forms. Proceedings of the Rochester Academy of Science 1: 129–137.
• 1891. Catalogue and synonymy of the recent species of the family Muricidae. Proceedings of the Rochester Academy of Science 1: 153–172.
• 1891. The caves of Yucatan. Proceedings of the Rochester Academy of Science 2: 2.
• 1891. Notes on a collection of shells from the Mauritius; with a consideration of the Genus Magilus of Montfort. Proceedings of the Rochester Academy of Science 2: 19–40.
• 1891. Notes on a collection of shells from southern Mexico. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 1891: 45–55.
• 1891. Remarks on the Muricidae with descriptions of new species of shells. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 1891: 56–61.

• 1894. Further notes on embryonic whorls of the Muricidae. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 1894: 223–224.

• 1895. Preliminary outline of a new classification of the Muricidae. Bulletin of the Chicago Academy of Sciences 2: 169–189.
• 1895. A glance at the Chicago Academy of Sciences. The Nautilus 8: 109–111.
• 1895. The geographic distribution of the Mollusca. Science (n.s.), 2: 179–183.
• 1895. On the correct position of the aperture in Planorbis. Journal of the Cincinnati Society of Natural History 19(1): 45–48.
• 1895. A naturalist in Mexico: being a visit to Cuba, northern Yucatan, and Mexico. Chicago, 1895: viii + 145 pages.

• 1897. On a collection of mollusks from Grand Tower, Illinois. The Nautilus ll(3): 28–30.
• 1897. On the modification of the apex in gastropod mollusks. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences 9: 685–704.
• 1897. Critical notes on the Muricidae. Transactions of the Academy of Science of St. Louis 7: 371–391.
• 1897. Notes on Radulae. Journal of the Cincinnati Society of Natural History 19(3): 81–93.

• 1898. The Mollusca of the Chicago area. Part I. The Pelecypoda. Chicago Academy of Sciences Natural History Survey Bulletin, 3(1): 1–130.
• 1898. Notes on mollusks from Acadia, Missouri. The Nautilus 11: 36.
• 1898. A new Sphaerium. The Nautilus 12: 65–66.
• 1898. The molluscan fauna of western New York. Transactions of the Academy of Science of St. Louis 8(5): 71–94.

• 1899. Notes on the mollusks of Lilycash Creek. The Nautilus 13(3): 30–31.
• 1899. 50. Notes on the Mollusca of Owasco Lake, New York. The Nautilus 13: 57–59.

• 1900. The gross anatomy of Limnnea emarginata Say, variety Mighelsi Binney. Bulletin of the Chicago Academy of Sciences 2(3): 191–211.
• 1900. On a collection of fresh-water shells from Rhode Island. The Nautilus 13: 112–113.
• 1900. A revision of the Physae of northeastern Illinois. The Nautilus 14(2): 16–24.
• 1900. Notes on a collection of Pleistocene shells from Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Journal of the Cincinnati Society of Natural History 19: 175–177.

• 1901. The molluscan fauna of the Genessee Riyer. The American Naturalist 35: 659–664.
• 1901. The digitations of the mantle in Physa. Bulletin of the Chicago Academy of Sciences 2(4): 225–228.
• 1901. Description of a new species of Limnaea. Bulletin of the Chicago Academy of Sciences 2(4): 229–230.
• 1901. New varieties of fresh-water shells. The Nautilus 15(2): 17–18.
• 1901. Limnaea auricularia in America. The Nautilus 15(5): 59.
• 1901. A revision of the Limnaeas of northern Illinois. Transactions of the Academy of Science of St. Louis 9(1): 1–24.
• 1901. Some interesting molluscan monstrosities. Transactions of the Academy of Science of St. Louis 11: 143–146.

• 1902. Planorbis bicarintatus striatus, n. var. Nautilus, 15(10): 120. 761902 The Mollusca of the Chicago area. Part II. Gastropoda. Chicago Academy of Sciences Natural History Survey Bulletin. 3(2): 131–410.

• 1903. Rib variation in Cardium. The American Naturalist 37(439): 481–488.
• 1903. Pleistocene mollusks of White Pond, New Jersey. The Nautilus 17: 38–39.
• 1903. A partial list of the marine mollusks of San Salvador. Bahamas. The Nautilus 17: 57.
• 1903. Notes on Murex marcoensis Sowerby. The Nautilus 17–88.

• 1904. Spire variation in Pyramidula alternata. The American Naturalist 38(453): 661–668.
• 1904. The mollusks of Cedar Lake, Indiana. The Nautilus 17: 112–113.
• 1904. New varieties of American Limnaeas. The Nautilus 18: 10–12.
• 1904. New American Lynmaeas, II. The Nautilus 18: 62–63.
• 1904. The molluscan fauna of the Dells of Wisconsin. Transactions of the Academy of Science of St. Louis 14(2): 99–105.
• 1904. Note on Planorbis truncatus Miles. Transactions of the Academy of Science of St. Louis 14(2): 107–110.

• 1905. Notes on the genitalia of Lymnaea. The American Naturalist 39: 665–679.
• 1905. Critical notes on the smaller Lymaaeas. The Nautilus 18: 125–127.
• 1905. New species of Lymnaea. The Nautilus 18: 141–142.
• 1905. Notes on a collection of shells from Bass Lake, Indiana. The Nautilus 19: 27–28.
• 1905. A new species of Lymnaea from Ohio, with notes on Lymnaea parva Lea. The Nautilus 19: 51–53.
• 1905. The molluscan fauna of McGregor, Iowa. Transactions of the Academy of Science of St. Louis 15(3): 249–258.

• 1906. A new variety of Planorbis nautileus Linn. The Nautilus 19: 120.
• 1906. Lymnaea hinkleyi n. sp. The Nautilus 19: 142–143.
• 1906. A new Sphaerium from Illinois. The Nautilus 20(2): 21.
• 1906. Lymnaea danielsi n. sp. The Nautilus 20: 55.
• 1906. Notes on a collection of mollusks from the vicinity of Alpena, Michigan. Transactions of the Academy of Science of St. Louis 16(2): 1–15.
• 1906. A catalogue of the Mollusca of Illinois. Bulletin of the Illinois State Laboratory of Natural History 7(6): 53–136.

• 1907. Descriptions of new species of Lymnaea. The Nautilus 20: 125–127.
• 1907. Two new species of Lymnaea. The Nautilus 21: 52–55.

• 1908. Note on Lymnaea desidiosa Say. The Nautilus 22: 20–23.
• 1908. A new American Planorbis. The Nautilus 22: 45.
• 1908. Suggestions for a natural classification of the family Lymnaeidae. Science 27: 942–943.
• 1908. A small collection of shells from Texas. Science 28: 534–535.

• 1909. A new species of Lymnaea. The Nautilus 22: 140–141.
• 1909. Description of a new fossil Lymnaea. The Nautilus 23: 19–21.
• 1909. Note on Planorbis binneyi Tryon. The Nautilus 23: 41–42.
• 1909. Range of Lymnaea umbiJicata. The Nautilus 23: 80.
• 1909. Mollusks from Kansas and Oklahoma. The Nautilus 23: 91–94.

• 1910. The ecology of the Skokie Marsh area with special reference to the moUusks. Transactions of the Illinois State Academy of Science 3: 106–108.
• 1910. A new variety of Lymnaea stagnalis. The Nautilus 23: 112-113; 125–126.
• 1910. Description of a new Lymnaea. The Nautilus 24: 58–60.
• 1910. Mollusks of Unionville, Connecticut. The Nautilus 24: 68–69.
• 1910. Preliminary note on the life of Glacial Lake Chicago. Science 31: 715–717.
• 1910. The ecology of the Skokie Marsh area, with special reference to the Mollusca. Bulletin of the Illinois State Laboratory of Natural History 8: 437–499.

• 1911. Mollusks of Wellesley Island and vicinity, St. Lawrence Riyer. The Nautilus 25: 66–67.
• 1911. The molluscan fauna of Tomahawk Lake, Wisconsin. Transactions of the Wisconsin Academy of Sciences, Arts and Letters 17(1): 200–246.
• 1911. The Lymnaeidae of North and Middle America, recent and fossil. Chicago Academy of Sciences. Special Publication 3: xvi + 539 pp.

• 1912. Post-glacial life of Wilmette Bay, Glacial Lake Chicago. Transactions of the Illinois State Academy of Science 5: 108–116.
• 1912. Recent additions to the catalog of Illinois Mollusca. Transactions of the Illinois State Academy of Science 5: 143–145.
• 1912. A new Planorbis from Michigan. The Nautilus 25: 118–120.

• 1913. A new Lymnaea from Montana. The Nautilus 26: 115–116.
• 1913. Pseudogalba, new name for Simpsonia. The Nautilus 26: 120.
• 1913. Notes on post-glacial Mollusca. I. Emmet County, Michigan. The Nautilus 27: 7–8.
• 1913. Galba ferruginea in Oregon. The Nautilus 27: 24.
• 1913. Mollusca of Wyoming County, New York. The Nautilus 27: 54.
• 1913. Notes on post-glacial Mollusca. II. Waukesha County, Wisconsin. The Nautilus 27: 68.
• 1913. Interglacial records in New York. Science 36: 523–524.
• 1913. Interglacial mollusks from South Dakota. Science 38: 858–859.

• 1914. Northern Idaho shells. The Nautilus 27: 104–106.
• 1914. Mollusks from Magician Lake, Cass and Van Buren Counties, Michigan. The Nautilus 28: 8–10.

• 1915. On the classification of the Lymnaeidae. The Nautilus 29: 20–24.
• 1915. Campeloma lewisii Walker in Illinois. The Nautilus 29: 36.
• 1915. Mollusks from Berrien County, Michigan. The Nautilus 29: 47.
• 1915. Pleistocene mollusks from Illinois. The Nautilus 29: 87–88.

• 1916. Further notes on the post-glacial biota of Glacial Lake Chicago. Transactions of the Illinois State Academy of Science 7: 74–78.
• 1916. The fresh-water Mollusca of Oneida Lake, New York. The Nautilus 30: 5–9.
• 1916. A new variety of Lampsilis from Oneida Lake with notes on the luteola group. The Nautilus 30: 74–77.
• 1916. A mollusk injurious to garden yegetables. Science 43: 136.
• 1916. North American_faunal areas. Science 44: 273–275.

• 1917. Notes on Acella haldemani (Desh.) Binney. The Nautilus 20: 135–138.

• 1918. Description of a new variety of fresh-water mussel from Oneida Lake, New York. Appendix to New York State Coll. For, Technical Publ. 9: 247–248.
• 1918. Post-glacial Mollusca from the marls of Central Illinois. The Journal of geology 26(7): 659–671.
• 1918. Further notes on the Mollusca of Oneida Lake, New York; the mollusks of lower South Bay. The Nautilus 31: 81–93.
• 1918. Notes on nidification in Gillia and Amnicola. The Nautilus 32: 19–23.
• 1918. A molluscan garden pest. Science 47: 391–392.

• 1919. Molluska of the Crocker-Land Expedition to northwest Greenland and Grinnell Land. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 41(11): 479–517.
• 1919. Fresh-water Mollusca from Colorado and Alberta. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 41(13): 527–539.
• 1919. The Museum of Natural History of the University of Illinois. Transactions of the Illinois State Academy of Science 12: 57–63.
• 1919. Description of a new species and variety of Planorbis from post-glacial deposits. The Nautilus 32(3): 94–97.
• 1919. Mollusks infested with parasitic worms. The Nautilus 32(3): 97–98.
• 1919. A new species of Physa from New. York State. The Nautilus 33: 11–13.
• 1919. The ecology of North American Lymnaeidae. Science 49: 519–521.

• & Smith, F. 1920. A mussel survey of the upper waters of the Vermilion River with special reference to the Salt Fork. Transactions of the Illinois State Academy of Science 12: 129–131.
• 1920. Pleistocene Mollusca from Indiana and Ohio. The Journal of geology 28(5): 439–457.
• 1920. A new Planorbis from Illinois. The Nautilus 33: 123–125.
• 1920. A new form of Amnicola from the Ohio Pleistocene deposits, with notes on a Physa from the same formation. The Nautilus 33: 125–127.
• 1920. Physa smithiana, new name for Physa smithii. The Nautilus 33: 142.
• 1920. Animal life in loess deposits near Alton, Illinois, with descriptions of two new varieties of land shells from the same deposits. The Nautilus 34: 61–66.
• 1920. Notes on a small collection of shells from Alaska. The Nautilus 34: 67–68.
• 1920. The life of the Pleistocene or glacial period, as recorded in the deposits laid down by the great ice sheets. University of Illinois bulletin 17(41): iv + 476 pp. Urbana, Illinois.

• 1921. Pleistocene Molluska from northwestern and central Illinois. The Journal of geology 30(1): 43–62.
• 1921. New forms of Pleistocene mollusks from Illinois. The Nautilus 35: 22–24.

• 1922. New species and varieties of Mollusca from Lake Winnebago, Wisconsin, with new records for this state (Concluded). Nautilus 36(1): 19-21 BHL. Reference page. 
• 1922. New Lymnaeas from Wisconsin and Minnesota, with notes on shells from the latter state. The Nautilus 36: 22–25.
• 1922. The molluscan fauna of the Big Vermilion River, Illinois, with special reference to its modification as the result of pollution by sewage and manufacturing wastes. Illinois Biological Monographs 7(2): 1–127.

• 1923. The Pleistocene Mollusca from the vicinity of Joliet, Illinois. Transactions of the Illinois State Academy of Science 15: 408–420.
• 1923. A new Anodontoides from Wisconsin. The Nautilus 36: 123–125.
• 1923. Description of a new Lymnaea from Yellowstone Park. The Nautilus 36: 125–126.
• 1923. A new Physa from California. The Nautilus 38: 15.

• 1924. The fauna of the Lake Winnebago region. A quantitative and qualitative survey with special reference to the Mollusca. Transactions of the Wisconsin Academy of Sciences, Arts and Letters 21: 109–146.

• 1926. Fresh-water Mollusca from White Lake, Oakland County, Michigan. The Nautilus 40: 49–52.
• 1926. New forms of Planorbis and Lymnaea with notes on other forms. The Nautilus 41: 23–24.
• 1926. Bowmanville low water stage of Glacial Lake Chicago. Science 64: 249.
• 1926. Nomenclatorial notes on American fresh-water Mollusca. Transactions of the Wisconsin Academy of Sciences, Arts and Letters 22: 192–205.

• & Pilsbry, H.A. 1927. Description of a new species of Somatogyrus from Wisconsin. The Nautilus 41: 24–26. Reference page. 
• 1927. On the division of the Sphaeriidae into two subfamilies; and the description of a new species and genus of Unionidae, with descriptions of new varieties. American Midland Naturalist 10(7): 220–223.
• 1927. The naiad fauna of the Rock River Svstem; a study of the law of stream distribution. Transactions of the Illinois State Academy of Science 19: 103–112.
• 1927. New varieties of Stagnicola from Wisconsin and Wyoming. The Nautilus 40(3): 85–87.
• 1927. New varieties of Helisoma antrosa from Wisconsin and Minnesota. The Nautilus 40: 82–85.
• 1927. Descriptions of new forms of Pleistocene land mollusks from Illinois, with remarks on other species. The Nautilus 40: 114–120.
• 1927. Description of a new species of Lymnaea from British Columbia. The Nautilus 41: 23–24.
• 1927. A new variety of Helisoma campanulata from Michigan. The Nautilus 41: 49–51.

• 1928. Molluscan life of the loess deposits of Illinois. Transactions of the Illinois State Academy of Science 20: 269–292.
• 1928. Descriptions of new varieties of land and fresh-water mollusks from Pleistocene deposits in Illinois. The Nautilus 41: 132–137.
• 1928. The Mollusca of Chautauqua Lake, New York, with descriptions of a new variety of Ptychobranchus and of Helicoma. The Nautilus 42: 48–60.
• 1928. The fresh-water Mollusca of Wisconsin. Part I. Gastropoda. Wisconsin Acad. Sci, Arts, and Lett, 1928: xx + 507 pp.
• 1928. The fresh-water Mollusca of Wisconsin. Part II. Pelecypoda. Bull. Univ. Wisconsin, 1527: vi + 495 pp.

• 1929. Certain anatomical features of the fresh-water mollusc, Helisoma corpulenta Say. Transactions of the American Microscopical Society 48(1): 44–47.
• 1929. A study of the Pleistocene Mollusca collected in 1927 from deposits in Fulton County, Illinois. Transactions of the Illinois State Academy of Science 21: 288–312.
• 1929. Vermont shells. The Nautilus 41: 108.
• 1929. Stagnicola couleensis F.C. Baker. In Henderson, 'Some Fresh-water Mollusca from Washington and Oregon,' The Nautilus 41: 118–120.
• 1929. Mollusca from Vermilion and Pelican Lakes, Minnesota, with the description of a new variety of Helisoma corpulenta. The Nautilus 42: 95-97; 131–136.
• 1929. Fossaria perplexa F.C. Baker and Junius Henderson. The Nautilus 42: 103–104.
• & Cahn, A.R. 1929. Fresh-water Mollusca from central Ontario. Ann. Rept, 1929, Natl. Mus. Canada, pp. 41–64.

• 1930. The molluscan fauna of the southern part of Lake Michigan and its relationship to old glacial Lake Chicago. Transactions of the Illinois State Academy of Science 22: 186-194 BHL URL. Reference page. 
• 1930. Influence of the glacial period in changing the character of the molluscan fauna of North America. Ecology 11(3): 469–480.
• 1930. A review of our present knowledge concerning the character and distribution of the Pleistocene aquatic molluscan life of Illinois. Transactions of the Illinois State Academy of Science 22: 411–434.
• 1930. A re-study of the interglacial molluscan fauna of Toronto, Canada. Transactions of the Illinois State Academy of Science 33: 358–366.
• 1930. Description of a new variety of Valvata lewisii Currier. The Nautilus 44(4): 119–121.
• 1930. The variation of molluscan life during the Pleistocene and recent time. The Nautilus 44(l): 21–24.

• 1931. Ecological relationship of the genus Pomatiopdid with special reference to Pomatiopsis lapidaria. Ecology 12(3): 389–396.
• 1931. Pleistocene history of the terrestrial Mollusca of Fulton County, Illinois. Transactions of the Illinois State Academy of Science 24(2): 149–155.
• 1931. Pulmonate Mollusca peculiar to the Pleistocene period, particularly the loess deposits. Journal of Paleontology 5(3): 270–292.
• 1931. The classification of the large planorboid snails of Europe and America. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1931(2): 575–592.

• 1932. The ecology of Say's Limnaeus elodes. Ecology 13: 286–289.
• 1932. Stognicola apicina and Stagnicola walkeriana. The Nautilus 45: 139–140.
• 1932. New species and varieties of Helisoma and Gyraulus from Canada. The Nautilus 46(1): 6–9.
• 1932. A new race of Polygyra appressa from Illinois. The Nautilus 46(2): 48–49.

• 1933. A new form of Polygyra tridentata from Illinois. The Nautilus 47(2): 59.
• 1933. Polygyra dorfeuilliana and Bulimoides dealbatus in Illinois. The Nautilus 47: 4–7.
• 1933. A new Stagnicola from Montana. (With Junius Henderson). The Nautilus 47: 30–32.
• 1933. Self fertilization and nidification in Physa halei. The Nautilus 47: 35.
• 1933. Studies on the bottom fauna of fresh-water lakes. Science 78: 190–191.
• 1933. New species of Lymnaeidae from British America. Journal of the Washington Academy of Sciences 23(11): 520–523.
• 1933. The genitalia of the Indian mollusk, Indoplanorbis exustus. Journal of Morphology 55(1): 1–13.

• 1934. The variation and distribution, recent and fossil, of the snail Polygyra profunda, in Illinois. American Midland Naturalist 15(2): 178–186.
• 1934. Description of a new species of Gyraulus. Canadian Field-naturalist 48–27.
• 1934. New Canadian Lymnaeas. Canadian Field-naturalist 48: 69–70.
• 1934. A new species of Gyraulus from Canada. Canadian Field-naturalist 48: 135.
• 1934. The molluscan fauna of the great river valleys of Illinois. Transactions of the Illinois State Academy of Science 26: 129.
• 1934. Two new races and a new species of Helisoma from California. The Nautilus 47: 140–142.
• 1934. New Lymnaeidae from the United States and Canada: 1. California, Oregon, and other western states. The Nautilus 48(l): 17–20.

• 1935. The generic position of Planorbis umbilicatellus with the description of a new group of Planorbidae. Nautilus 49: 46-48 BHL. Reference page. 
• 1935. Land and fresh-water molluscs from North Star Lake and vicinity, Itasca County, Minnesota. American Midland Naturalist 16(3): 257–272.
• 1935. Mollusca from Turkey Run State Park. Indiana. The Nautilus 48(3): 105–106.
• 1935. New species and races of Lymnaeidae from Newfoundland. (With Stanlev T. Brooks). The Nautilus 49: 10–13.
• 1935. Stagnicola elrodiana, new name for Limnaea montana Elrod. The Nautilus 49: 60.

• 1936. Quantitative examination of molluscan fossils in two sections of Pleistocene loess in Illinois. Journal of Paleontology. 10(l): 72–76.
• 1936. The generic position of Planorbis obstructus Morelet. The Nautilus 49(3): 104.
• 1936. New Lymnaeidae from the United States and Canada, II. Michigan, Minnesota, and Montana. The Nautilus 49(4): 127–140.
• 1936. The relationship of Parapholyx. The Nautilus 50: 30–31.
• 1936. The fresh-water mollusc Helisoma corpulentum and its relatives in Canada. Bulletin - National Museum of Canada 79: 1–37.

• 1937. Mollusca from the Prince Albert National Park, Saskatchewan. The Nautilus 50(4): 113–117.
• 1937. A new Pleistocene race of Polygyra appressa. The Nautilus 51(l): 22–23.

• 1938. New land and fresh-water Mollusca from the Upper Pliocene of Kansas and a new species of Gyraulus from Early Pleistocene strata. The Nautilus 51(4): 126–131.

• 1939. Fieldbook of Illinois land snails. Illinois Nat. Hist. Surv, Manual 2, 166 pages.
• 1939. Stagnicola bulimoides vancouverensis nov. var. The Nautilus 52: 144.
• 1939. Land and fresh-water Mollusca from western Ontario. Canadian Journal of Research, Section D: Zoological Sciences 17: 87–102.

• 1940. South American species referred to Planorbula. The Nautilus 53: 106.
• 1940. The case of Limnaeus sordidus Kuster. The Nautilus 53: 138–141.
• 1940. A new Helisoma from the Pliocene of Florida. The Nautilus 54: 17.
• 1940. A new anatomical classification of the Planorbidae. Tenth Annual Report of the American Malacological Union, Philadelphia, 1940: 4–5.

• 1941. A new species of Drepanotrema and some preoccupied planorboid names. The Nautilus 54: 96–97.
• 1941. A new race of Parapholyx effusa. The Nautilus 55: 16–17.

• 1942. Land and fresh-water Mollusca of New Hampshire. American Midland Naturalist 27: 74–85.
• 1942. Lymnaea stagnalis and Lymnaea (Radix) auricularia. The Nautilus 55: 105–106.
• 1942. A new Gyraulus from the Pleistocene of California and a new Parapholyx from a supposed Pliocene deposit in Oregon. The Nautilus 55: 130–132.

• 1943. Mollusca contained in the test pit deposits. Publications of the Carnegie Institution of Washington 538: 117–119.

• & Van Cleave, H.J. 1945. The molluscan family Planorbidae. University of Illinois, Urbana; xxxvi. + 530 pp. BHL Reference page.