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 B5D45D1B-4B52-4F0B-8AF6-B587F8857475 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.