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 solidus Lanistes solidus Smith, 1878 : 716 , pl. 74, figs. 10, 11. Type material — syntypes : NHMUK 1877.9.28.24 (2 spms.). Type locality —“Lake Nyassa” [in publication title]. Distribution —endemic to Lake Malawi ( Brown 1980 : 54 , 1994: 61; Berthold 1990: 48). Remarks . Variety of ellipticus Martens , teste Kobelt (1909: 78) . Synonym of ellipticus Martens , teste Connolly (1912: 257) . Synonym of procerus Martens , teste Haas (1936: 36) . Valid species, teste Kobelt (1912b: 10), G.B. Sowerby III (1916: 68) and Pilsbry & Bequaert (1927: 187) , who placed it in Lanistes s . str ., and Brown (1980 : 54, 1994: 61) and Berthold (1991: 246) , who both placed it in Lanistes subg. Meladomus . Here treated as a valid species, following these authors. Misspelled as “ solidulus ” by Gaudion (1880: 40) and Paetel (1888: 481).