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 letourneuxi Meladomus Letourneuxi Bourguignat, 1879 : 41 . Type material — syntype : MHNG-INVE- 111668 (1 spm.). Type locality —“les bords du Nil, près de Damiette” [the banks of the Nile, near Damietta]. Distribution —Nile Delta, Egypt . Remarks . Only known from the original description and the more detailed description and illustration of Berthier (1885: 101, pl. 6, fig. 4) , who gave an additional location, “Mansourah”, in the Nile Delta. Kobelt (1911: 22) mistakenly reported the locality as that of Ampullaria letourneuxi Bourguignat, 1879 (listed under Pila herein), which was described in the same publication as Meladomus letourneuxi Bourguignat, 1879 . Valid species, teste G.B. Sowerby III (1916: 67) and Pilsbry & Bequaert (1927: 187) .