Ampullaria celebensis, Quoy & Gaimard, 1834

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 : 800

celebensis Quoy & Gaimard, 1834 , Ampullaria ( Fig. 2B )

Ampullaria celebensis Quoy & Gaimard, 1834: 167 , pl. 57, figs 1, 2.

CURRENT TAXONOMIC STATUS. — Pila . Valid species.

TYPE SPECIMENS. — Lectotype (here designated) MNHN 23077 (ex 4477); paralectotypes MNHN 4476 (1 spm), 4477 (2 spms).

TYPE LOCALITY. — “Manado sur l’île Célèbes” [Sulawesi].

REMARKS

The highest-spired of the four syntypes corresponds closely to the original illustrations of the shell ( Quoy & Gaimard 1834: pl. 57, figs 1, 2). The operculum also corresponds closely to the original illustrations ( Quoy & Gaimard 1834: pl. 57, figs 3, 4). We here designate this specimen as the lectotype to stabilise the name.

Figures

FIG. 2. — A, Ampullaria castelnaudi Hupé, 1857, lectotype MNHN 23076, 103.9 mm; B, Ampullaria celebensis Quoy & Gaimard, 1834, lectotype MNHN 23077, 70.5 mm; C, Ampullaria chariensis Germain, 1905, lectotype MNHN 4478, 38.7 mm; D, Ampullaria columbiensis Reeve,1856,syntype MNHN 4480, 36.8 mm;E, Ampullaria cousini Jousseaume,1887,lectotype MNHN 4483, 43.0 mm; F, Ampullaria decocta Mabille, 1887, lectotype MNHN 23078, 29.7 mm; G, Ampullaria decussata Moricand, 1836, possible syntype MNHN 23079, 28.0 mm.