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
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1
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journal article
10.11646/zootaxa.3940.1.1
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occidentalis
Ampullaria occidentalis
Mousson, 1888
: 299
, pl. 12, fig. 9.
Type
material
—
syntypes
: SMF 50603 (1 spm.), ZMZ 525084 (1 spm.), ZMZ 525085 (1 spm.), ZMZ 525086 (2 spms.).
Type
locality
—“bord méridonal du Kunene”, Sud-Ouest de l’Afrique” [southern border of Kunene,
Namibia
].
Distribution
—western
Zambia
, northern
Namibia
, Okavango River system in
Namibia
and
Botswana
, southern
Angola
(
Haas 1936
: 34
;
Connolly 1939
: 554
;
Pain
1961
: 23
;
Brown 1994
: 54
).
Remarks
. Both
Connolly (1912
: 257, 1939: 554) and
Pain
(1961: 23)
stated “
Type
in Zurich Museum”; however, neither identified an actual specimen and therefore neither constitutes a
lectotype
designation (
Code
, Art. 74.5).
Pila
,
teste
Haas (1936: 34)
,
Connolly (1939: 553)
,
Pain
(1961: 23)
and
Brown (1994: 54)
.