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 obvia Ampullaria obvia Mabille, 1884 : 40 . Type material —location unknown [not found in MNHN (cf. Dance 1986 : 217 )]. Type locality —“In insula Madagascar ”. Distribution —no additional information. Remarks . Noted as from Madagascar by Paetel (1887: 480) , referencing the listing of the species by Mayer (1885 [as “1884”]: 33). Not mentioned by Starmühlner (1969) nor by Fischer-Piette & Vukadinovic (1973). Appears to be a N. comb. with Pila .