Ampullaria balanoidea

Cowie, Robert H., 2015, The recent apple snails of Africa and Asia (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Ampullariidae: Afropomus, Forbesopomus, Lanistes, Pila, Saulea): a nomenclatural and type catalogue. The apple snails of the Americas: addenda and corrigenda, Zootaxa 3940 (1), pp. 1-92 : 10

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balanoidea View in CoL

Ampullaria balanoidea Gould, 1850: 196 View in CoL . Type material — lectotype ( Johnson 1964: 45): MCZ 169054; paralectotype: USNM 611247. Type locality —“Grand Cape Mount, Liberia ”. Distribution —from Liberia to the Democratic Republic of the Congo ( Binder 1963: 13), but only Liberia, Ivory Coast and Sierra Leone listed by Brown (1980: 55, 1994: 66).

Remarks. Figured by Petit de la Saussaye (1851: 267, pl. 7, fig. 8; as “ balenoidea ”) and by Reeve ( 1856 e: pl. 27, figs. 129a, b), who attributed the name to “Gould, MS., Mus. Hanley”.

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Afropomus balanoideus nimbae Binder, 1963: 13 View in CoL , fig. 1. Type material — lectotype ( Cowie & Héros 2012: 810 View in CoL ): MNHN 4497; paralectotypes: MNHN 4456 (1 spm.), MNHN 4495 (5 spms., in alcohol), MNHN 4496 (1 spm.), MNHN 4498 (1 spm.). Type locality —“Dans le Gouan” [restricted on designation of the lectotype by Cowie & Héros (2012: 810) View in CoL from the original published localities of the syntype series]. Distribution —Mont Nimba, Republic of Guinea ( Binder 1963: 14).

References

Binder, E. (1963) La reserve naturelle integrale du Mont Nimba. I. Mollusques. Memoires de l'Institut francais d'Afrique Noire, 66 (5), [13] - 31. [February; title page]

Brown, D. S. (1980) Freshwater snails of Africa and their medical importance. Taylor & Francis, London, x + 487 pp.

Cowie, R. H. & Heros, V. (2012) Annotated catalogue of the types of Ampullariidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda) in the Museum national d'Histoire naturelle, Paris, with lectotype designations. Zoosystema, 34, 793 - 824. [December] http: // dx. doi. org / 10.5252 / z 2012 n 4 a 8

Gould, [A. A.] (1850) [A number of new species of shells from Africa, recently presented by Dr. Perkins]. Proceedings of the Boston Society of Natural History, 3 [for 1849], 193 - 197. [April; p. 193]

Johnson, R. I. (1964) The Recent Mollusca of Augustus Addison Gould. Illustrations of the types described by Gould with a bibliography and catalog of his species. United States National Museum Bulletin, 239, i - v, 1 - 182, pls. 1 - 45. http: // dx. doi. org / 10.5479 / si. 03629236.239

Reeve, L. [A.] (1856) Monograph of the genus Ampullaria. In: Reeve, L. [A.], Conchologia Iconica: or, illustrations of the shells of molluscous animals. Vol. X. Lovell Reeve, London, pls. 1 - 28. http: // dx. doi. org / 10.5962 / bhl. title. 8129