Ampullaria grasseti, Morelet, 1863

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

grasseti Morelet, 1863 , Ampullaria ( Lanistes) ( Fig. 3E )

Ampullaria ( Lanistes) grasseti Morelet, 1863: 267 , pl. 10, fig. 2.

CURRENT TAXONOMIC STATUS. — Lanistes . Valid species.

TYPE SPECIMENS. — Probable syntypes MNHN 4457 (2 spms).

TYPE LOCALITY. — “ Madagascar ”.

REMARKS

The two specimens do not quite correspond to the dimensions given in the original description, nor to the original illustration. Fischer-Piette (1950: 22) simply said there were two specimens, without identifying type material. However, given that they are part of the type collection of the Journal de Conchyliologie, we consider them probable syntypes.

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.