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 olivaceus Paludina olivacea G.B. Sowerby I, 1825 : appendix ix [1834: pl. 183]. Type material — holotype [by monotypy: “the only specimen”]—location unknown ( Connolly 1939: 557 ). Type locality —“Locality unknown”. Distribution — Zanzibar , Mozambique ( Paetel 1887 : 480 ; Connolly 1939 : 557 ). Remarks . Valid species, teste G.B. Sowerby III (1916: 68). Undeterminable, teste Pilsbry & Bequaert (1927: 195) and Haas (1936: 34) . May be either ovum Troschel or purpureus Jonas but not olivacea Lamarck , teste Pilsbry & Bequaert (1927: 195) . olivierii Lanistes Oliverii [ lapsus calami pro Olivierii ] Montfort, 1810 : 123 [un-numbered figure, p. 122]. Type material —as for carinata Olivier. Type locality —as for carinata Olivier. Remarks . The name olivierii was introduced to replace carinata Olivier [as “ carinatans ”] in homage to Olivier. As it was intended as the valid name of the taxon it is available ( Code , Art. 11.5), but nonetheless a junior synonym of carinata Olivier, 1804 .