Ampullaria globosa

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globosa

Ampullaria globosa Swainson, 1822 a: pl. 119. Type material —NHMUK [ Subba Rao (1989: 58); not found]. Type locality —“rivers of India ”. Distribution —widespread in India ( Prashad 1925: 72) and Bangladesh ( Jahan et al. 2001: 581).

Remarks. Junior synonym of orbata Perry , teste Pilsbry (1927b: 63), and of ampullacea Linnaeus (as “ ampullaria ”), teste Habe (1964: 49). Widely treated as a valid species, e.g. by G.B. Sowerby III (1910: 58), Preston (1915: 97), Annandale (1920a: 5), Alderson (1925: 70), Prashad (1925: 70), Keawjam (1986: 63), Subba Rao (1989: 58) and Jahan et al. (2001: 581), in Pila . Listed, incorrectly, from Siam and near Bangkok [ Thailand] by Martens (1860: 12) and Morelet (1875: 289), respectively.

globosa

Ampullaria speciosa variété globosa Germain, 1905b: 328 [1907d: 531, text fig. 90]. Type material —location unknown. Type locality —“Bords du Congo, près Stanley-Pool” [Banks of the Congo, near Malebo Pool]. Remarks. Junior primary homonym of globosa Swainson. Synonym of wernei Philippi , teste Pain (1961: 18).

+ gordoni

Ampullaria Gordoni Smith, 1892: 382 . Type material — holotype [by monotypy: “The single shell”]: NHMUK 1892.8.27.4. Type locality —“Victoria Nyanza (south end?)”. Distribution — Uganda, various locations ( Pain 1961: 14–15).

Remarks. Valid species, teste G.B. Sowerby III (1910: 59), Alderson (1925: 96) and Pilsbry & Bequaert (1927: 175, in Pila ). Subspecies of ovata Olivier , teste Pain (1952: 289, 1961: 14), followed here. Not mentioned by Brown (1980, 1994).