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 vitrea Helix vitrea Born, 1778 : 394 [1780: 383, pl. 15, figs. 15, 16]. Type material — syntype : NHMUK 1868.7.7.2 (1 spm.). Type locality —[no locality given; “ Sierra Leone ” on NHMUK label]. Distribution — Liberia , Sierra Leone ( Brown 1994: 67 ). Remarks . The locality was unknown to Reeve ( 1856 c: pl. 17, figs. 80a, b) but Billotte (1885: 111) and Bourguignat (1889: 168) gave Egypt as a locality, no doubt incorrectly.