Traits taxon details
original description
(of ) Verrill, A E. (1874). Synopsis of North American freshwater leeches. <em>United States Fisheries Commission Report.</em> 1872-1873, Pt. 2, 666–689., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15757186 page(s): 683, no figures; note: as Clepsine papillifera Var. d, lineata nov. "which may prove to be a distinct species" from Lake Raymond, Nebraska and Lake Okechobee, Florida [details]
taxonomy source
Sawyer, Roy T. (2024). Biology, morphology and taxonomy of a snail-feeding leech from North Carolina, USA, provisionally identified as <em>Helobdella lineata</em> (Verrill, 1874) (Glossiphoniidae): First evidence for extra-oral digestion in the Hirudinea. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 5453(2): 151-182., available online at https://www.mapress.com/zt/article/view/zootaxa.5453.2.1 [details] Available for editors
new combination reference
Moore, J. Percy. (1952). Professor A. E. Verrill's Freshwater-leeches—a tribute and a critique. <em>Noctulae naturae, Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia.</em> 245: 1-15, 1 photo plate, [October 29, 1952]., available online at https://books.google.com/books?id=DinM7sy4Ik4C page(s): 10, figure 5; note: Transferred to Helobdella with raised rank as species H. lineata, and figure 5 is photo of apparent type [details]
status source
Sawyer, Roy T. (1972). North American freshwater leeches, exclusive of the Piscicolidae, with a key to all species. <em>Illinois Biological Monographs.</em> 46: 1-155., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/37207816 page(s): 33-35; note: modern record as Helobdella lineata [details] Available for editors
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