Pila africana

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 : 28-29

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scientific name	Pila africana
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africana View in CoL

Ampullaria africana Martens, 1886: 114 View in CoL . Type material — lectotype ( Köhler & Glaubrecht 2006: 199, fig. 1A): ZMB 38597a; paralectotypes: ZMB 38597b (6 spms.), ZMB 109532 (2 spms.), ZMB 18793 (3 spms.). Type locality —“Goldküste, Abetifi” [ Ghana]. Distribution —West Africa, from Liberia to Ghana, also Lake Volta ( Brown 1994: 55); also Sierra Leone and possibly extending into eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo ( Brown 1980: 46); Lake Nyassa, teste Paetel (1887: 476) and G.B. Sowerby III (1910: 56) (? error).

Remarks. A specimen in the Brot collection, from “Abetifi, Côte d’Or” (MHNG-INVE-33484), is considered to be a topotype only ( Y. Finet pers. comm. 26 August 2002). Placed in Pila by Köhler & Glaubrecht (2006: 199).

alucinans

Ampullaria alucinans G.B. Sowerby III, 1910: 63, text fig. Type material — syntypes: NHMUK 1910.9.30.2 (1 spm., labelled “ type ”); SMF 50654 (1 spm.). Type locality —“ Ceylon ”.

Remarks. Prashad (1923: 588, 1925: 83) noted a “cotype” that Sowerby sent to Kobelt (SMF 50654) but considered this specimen to have “nothing in common” with alucinans G.B. Sowerby III but to be a juvenile of conica Wood , or its variety gracilis Lea. It nonetheless remains part of the original type series and therefore a syntype. Valid species, teste Preston (1915: 103). Synonym of cinerea Reeve , teste Prashad (1925: 82), followed here, which he treated as a variety of layardi Reeve.

amplior

Pila congoensis amplior Pilsbry & Bequaert, 1927: 179 , pl. 15, figs. 1, 2. Type material — holotype [by original designation]: AMNH 72087; paratypes: ANSP 131964 (1 spm.), FMNH 77368 (2 spms.), MCZ 171488 (1 spm.); possible paratype: ANSP 131963 (1 spm.). Type locality —“Nouvelle Anvers” [= Makanza, Democratic Republic of the Congo].

Remarks. Pilsbry & Bequaert (1927: 179) based their description on four specimens, one from the type locality, one from “near Bumba” and two from “Medje”. The first two are accounted for by the AMNH holotype and the MCZ paratype, as stated by Boyko & Cordeiro (2001: 102), who considered the other two possibly to be AMNH 72124 (1 spm.) from “Bumba Lie” and AMNH 72125 (1 spm.) from “near Bumba” but with incorrect label information; both are lost, according to Boyko & Cordeiro (2001: 102). However, ANSP 131964, listed as a paratype by ANSP, is from Medje and is surely one of these specimens, although ANSP 131963, also listed as a paratype by ANSP is from “ Zambi ” and may not be. Further research is needed to verify the status of these specimens and to determine whether they are the two paratypes from Medje. Synonym of congoensis Pilsbry & Bequaert , teste Pain (1961: 16).

References

Boyko, C. B. & Cordeiro, J. R. (2001) Catalog of Recent type specimens in the Division of Invertebrate Zoology, American Museum of Natural History. V. Mollusca, part 2 (class Gastropoda [exclusive of Opisthobranchia and Pulmonata], with supplements to Gastropoda [Opisthobranchia], and Bivalvia). Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History, 262, 1 - 170. [5 June; front page] http: // dx. doi. org / 10.1206 / 0003 - 0090 (2001) 262 <0001: cortsi> 2.0. co; 2

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

Brown, D. S. (1994) Freshwater snails of Africa and their medical importance. Second edition. Taylor & Francis, London, x + 608 + [1] pp.

Kohler, F. & Glaubrecht, M. (2006) The types of Ampullariidae Gray, 1824 (Mollusca, Gastropoda) in the Malacological Collection of the Natural History Museum, Berlin: an annotated catalogue with lectotype designations. Mitteilungen aus dem Museum fur Naturkunde Berlin, Zoologische Reihe, 82 (1), 198 - 215.

Paetel, F. (1887 - 1888) Catalog der Conchylien-Sammlung von Fr. Paetel. Vierte Neubearbeitung. Erste Abtheilung: die Cephalopoden, Pteropoden und Meeres-Gastropoden. Gebruder Paetel, Berlin, [i] + 16 + 639 pp. http: // dx. doi. org / 10.5962 / bhl. title. 10575

Pain, T. (1961) Revision of the African Ampullariidae species of the genus Pila Roding [sic] 1798 (Mesogastropoda, Architaenioglossa, Mollusca). Musee Royal de l'Afrique Centrale-Tervuren, Belgique, Annales - Serie in 8 ° - Sciences Zoologiques, 96, [1] - [29]. [May; p. [29 ]]

Pilsbry, H. A. & Bequaert, J. T. (1927) The aquatic mollusks of the Belgian Congo. With a geographical and ecological account of Congo malacology. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History, 53 (2), 69 - 602, pls. 10 - 77. [9 May; cover of article]

Prashad, B. (1923) Revision of Kobelt's nomenclature of the Indian Ampullariidae. Journal and Proceedings of the Asiatic Society of Bengal, New Series, 18 (10 [for 1922]), 585 - 591 [30 November; p. 591]

Prashad, B. (1925) Revision of the Indian Ampullariidae. Memoirs of the Indian Museum, 8 (2), 69 - 89, pls. 13 - 15. [May; title page of issue]

Preston, H. B. (1915) The fauna of British India, including Ceylon and Burma. Mollusca. (Freshwater Gastropoda & Pelecypoda). Taylor and Francis, London, xiv + 244 pp. [March; cover page]