Ampullaria guyanensis, Lamarck, 1822

Cowie, Robert H. & Héros, Virginie, 2012, Annotated catalogue of the types of Ampullariidae (Mollusca, Gastropoda) in the Muséum national d’Histoire naturelle, Paris, with lectotype designations, Zoosystema 34 (4), pp. 793-824 : 804

guyanensis Lamarck, 1822 , Ampullaria

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Ampullaria guyanensis Lamarck, 1822: 176 .

CURRENT TAXONOMIC STATUS. — Pomacea (Pomacea) . Valid species.

TYPE SPECIMENS. — Paralectotypes MNHN 4458 (1 spm), 4459 (2 spms).

TYPE LOCALITY. — “les rivières de la Guyane ” [ French Guiana] [“Cayenne” [ French Guiana] (4458), “ Para ” [ Brasil] (4459)].

REMARKS

The lectotype, in MHNG, was designated by Tillier (1980: 27). Considered a synonym of Nerita urceus Müller, 1774 by Tillier (1980: 27), followed by Cowie & Thiengo (2003: 65). Subsequent study (Hayes 2009) indicates that these two taxa are distinct.

Figures

FIG. 3.— A, Ampullaria elegans d’Orbigny,1835, syntype MNHN 23081, 31.5 mm; B, Ampullaria turbinis var.erythrochila Dautzenberg & Fischer, 1905, lectotype MNHN 4738, 49.0 mm; C, Ampullaria eumicra Crosse & Fischer, 1890, lectotype MNHN 23082, 29.8 mm; D, Ampullaria gevesensis Deshayes,1838,syntype MNHN 4473, 31.9 mm;E, Ampullaria (Lanistes) grasseti Morelet,1863,probable syntype MNHN 4457, 29.5 mm; F, Ampullaria guyanensis Lamarck,1822,paralectotype MNHN 4459, 86.8mm; G, Ampullaria insularum d’Orbigny, 1835, syntype MNHN 4463, 76.0 mm; H, Ampullaria intermedia Férussac in Quoy & Gaimard, 1825, lectotype MNHN 23083, 36.0 mm.