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 purpureus Ampullaria purpurea Jonas, 1839 : 342 , pl. 10, fig. 1. Type material —ZMB [“Zool. Mus. Berlin” ( Connolly 1912: 259 ), but not mentioned by Köhler & Glaubrecht (2006) and not found in 2014]. Type locality —“Schwanenflufs in Australien ” [Swan River, Australia ; error; = Madagascar ( Troschel 1845: 216 )]. Distribution — Madagascar ( Troschel 1845: 216 ), Zanzibar and Bagamoyo [ Tanzania ] ( Philippi 1851 : 22 ; Martens 1897b: 116), Mozambique ( Dohrn 1865 : 233 ; Paetel 1873 : 65 , 1883: 76, 1888: 481). Remarks . Synonym of olivacea G.B. Sowerby I , teste G.B. Sowerby III (1916: 68) and Connolly (1939: 556) . Possible senior synonym of ovum Troschel , teste Brown (1980: 54) but purpurea and ovum both treated as valid species by Pilsbry & Bequaert (1927: 195) , Brown (1994: 63) and Berthold (1991: 246) , followed here, who all placed purpurea in Lanistes subg. Meladomus .