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
Author
Cowie, Robert H.
text
Zootaxa
2015
3940
1
1
92
journal article
10.11646/zootaxa.3940.1.1
5013eaff-bb37-4be3-a1ea-43c11d0cf5d1
1175-5326
288204
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Genus
Afropomus
Pilsbry & Bequaert, 1927
AFROPOMUS
Pilsbry & Bequaert, 1927
: 171
.
Type
species
Ampullaria balanoidea
Gould, 1850
, by original designation.
Berthold (1991: 245)
incorrectly stated that the
type
was fixed by monotypy. The gender of
Pomus
in Latin, and hence of
Afropomus
, is feminine.