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 libycus Ampullaria libyca Morelet, 1848 : 354 . Type material — syntypes : MCZ 78074 (1 spm.), MNHN 4610 (3 spms.) and MNHN 4611 (2 spms.) ( Cowie & Héros 2012: 807 ), NHMUK 1893.2.4.1813–1816 (4 spms.), SMF 344088 (4 spms.). Type locality —“ Gabon ”. Distribution —coast of Guinea ( Nevill 1885: 14 ), Gambia and Gabon ( Gaudion 1880: 33 ), West Africa, coastal region from Ivory Coast to Gabon ( Brown 1980 : 51 , 1994: 61); east coast of Africa ( Gaudion 1880: 33; error ). Remarks . Valid species, teste Pilsbry & Bequaert (1927: 187) , Brown (1980 : 51, 1994: 60) and Berthold (1991: 246) , who all placed it in Lanistes s . str ., and Cowie & Héros (2012: 807) , who simply placed it in Lanistes . Sometimes misspelled “ lybicus ” or “ lybica ” (e.g. Schaufuss 1869 : 55; Dupuis & Putzeys 1902 : 51; Germain 1907d: 535; G.B. Sowerby III 1916 : 67; Pilsbry & Bequaert 1927 : 183). Type species of Libyciana Bourguignat, here treated as a synonym of Lanistes Montfort. luapulensis Lanistes ellipticus Var . γ. luapulensis Furtado, 1886 : 151. Type material — holotype [by monotypy: “un exemplaire unique”]: MNHN 4714 ( Cowie & Héros 2012: 807 ). Type locality —“Rivière Luapula” [ Zambia or Democratic Republic of the Congo ]. Remarks . Synonym of ovum Troschel [as “Peters”], teste Mandahl-Barth (1968: 31) , followed here. Valid subspecies of ellipticus Martens , teste Cowie & Héros (2012: 807) .