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 LANISTES Montfort, 1810 LANISTES Montfort, 1810 : 122 . Type species: Lanistes olivierii Montfort, 1810 [as “ Oliverii ”, lapsus calami ; = carinata Olivier, 1804 ], by original designation. Remarks . Misspelled as “ Lanites ” by Swainson (1840: 339) . MELADOMUS Swainson, 1840 : 340 . Type species: Meladomus bulimoides Swainson, 1840 [= Ampullaria purpurea Jonas, 1839 ], by monotypy. Remarks . Gray (1847: 148) , followed by G.B. Sowerby III (1916: 68), considered Paludina olivacea G.B. Sowerby I as the type species, although bulimoides Swainson was the only originally included species. Synonym of Lanistes Montfort , teste Berthold (1991: 201, 246) . LEROYA Grandidier, 1887 : 191 . Type species: Leroya bourguignati Grandidier, 1887 [= farleri Craven, 1880 ], by subsequent designation of Pilsbry & Bequaert (1927: 199) . Remarks . Synonym of Lanistes Montfort , teste Berthold (1991: 201, 246) . BOLTENIANA Bourguignat, 1889 : 178 [as section of Meladomus Swainson ]. Type species: Cyclostoma carinata Olivier, 1804 , by subsequent designation of Pilsbry & Bequaert (1927: 183) . Remarks . Synonym of Lanistes Montfort , teste Pilsbry & Bequaert (1927: 183) . LIBYCIANA Bourguignat, 1889 : 176 [as section of Meladomus Swainson ]. Type species: Ampullaria libyca Morelet, 1848 , by subsequent designation of Pilsbry & Bequaert (1927: 183) . Remarks . Synonym of Lanistes Montfort , teste Pilsbry & Bequaert (1927: 183) . NYASSANA Bourguignat, 1889 : 179 [as section of Meladomus Swainson ]. Type species: Lanistes nyassanus Dohrn, 1865 , by monotypy. Remarks . Synonym of Lanistes Montfort , teste Pilsbry & Bequaert (1927: 183) . OLIVACEANA Bourguignat, 1889 : 172 [as section of Meladomus Swainson ]. Type species: not designated. PURPURIANA Bourguignat, 1889 : 170 [as section of Meladomus Swainson ]. Type species: not designated. PLESIOLANISTES Berthold, 1991 : 210, 247. Type species: Helix varica Müller, 1774 , by monotypy. N. syn. Pilsbry & Bequaert (1927) and Brown (1980 , 1994 ) treated Meladomus Swainson , Leroya Grandidier and Lanistes s . str . as subgenera of Lanistes Montfort. However , all are here treated as synonyms of Lanistes Montfort , following Berthold (1991: 202) , who considered that these subdivisions may not be valid and that the genus Lanistes be subdivided into only two subgenera, Lanistes s. str . and Lanistes subg. Plesiolanistes Berthold. Pilsbry & Bequaert (1927: 187) thought that Lanistes nyassanus Dohrn “seemingly belongs in a distinct group” but refrained from formally treating Nyassana Bourguignat as a valid subgenus. Plesiolanistes Berthold was erected on very little basis for a single species and is here treated as a synonym of Lanistes Montfort. + adansoni Meladomus adansoni Kobelt, 1911 : 18 , pl. 24, fig. 6. Type material — holotype [by monotypy]: SMF 7466. Type locality —“Senegambien” [ Senegal and Gambia ]. Distribution — Senegal , Gambia , Democratic Republic of the Congo ( Pilsbry & Bequaert 1927: 196–197 ). Remarks . The original description was explicitly based on a single shell that Kobelt had had in his possession for many years. The SMF shell matches the description well and is therefore considered the holotype by monotypy ( Code , Art. 73.1.2). Form of ovum Troschel , teste Boettger (1913: 106) . Valid species, teste Pilsbry & Bequaert (1927: 196) . Form of varica Müller , teste Brown (1980 : 50, 1994: 60), followed here. aegyptiaca Ampullaria aegyptiaca Jickeli, 1874 : 227 . Unavailable name: first published as a junior synonym of carinata Olivier ; not treated as an available name or adopted as the name of a taxon before 1961 ( Code , Art. 11.6). Remarks . Name attributed to “Ehrenb. Mus. Berol” by Jickeli (1874: 227) , apparently based only on labels associated with the shells (9 spms.) in Berlin (ZMB 13929; M. Glaubrecht pers. comm. 7 & 8 May 2013 ), as it seems not to have been published prior to this. Treated as a synonym of carinata Olivier by G.B. Sowerby III (1916: 65; as “ aegyptica ”) and Pilsbry & Bequaert (1927: 186) . affinis Lanistes affinis Smith, 1878 : 716 , pl. 74. fig. 7. Type material — syntype : NHMUK 1877.9.28.25 (1 spm., labelled “ type ” and “ holotype ”). Type locality —“Lake Nyassa” [in publication title]. Remarks . Variety of ovum Troschel , teste Kobelt (1909 : 79, 1911: 12). Valid species, teste Pilsbry & Bequaert (1927: 194) . Synonym of ovum Troschel and ellipticus Martens , teste G.B. Sowerby III (1916: 67) and Brown (1994: 63) , respectively, followed here. + albersi Meladomus ( Lanistes ) libycus albersi Kobelt, 1912b: 25 , pl. 23, figs. 5, 6. Type material — holotype [by monotypy, the specimen figured as “ Lanistes libycus var .” by Martens (1866, pl. 70, figs. 5, 6)]: ZMB 109. Type locality —“ Gabon ”. Distribution —no additional information.