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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scientific name	Ampullaria balanoidea
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balanoidea

Ampullaria balanoidea Gould, 1850: 196 . 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. 129 a, b), who attributed the name to “Gould, MS., Mus. Hanley”.

+ nimbae

Afropomus balanoideus nimbae Binder, 1963: 13 , fig. 1. Type material — lectotype ( Cowie & Héros 2012: 810): 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) from the original published localities of the syntype series]. Distribution —Mont Nimba, Republic of Guinea ( Binder 1963: 14).