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Meladomus vignoni

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vignoni

Meladomus vignoni Bourguignat, 1889: 177 [name made available by bibliographic reference to bernardianus Martens (1866: 286, pl. 70, figs. 1–4) non Morelet]. Type material — holotype [by monotypy: “Das beschreibene Exemplar”; Martens (1866: 286)]: SMNS [“Stuttgarter Naturalienkabinet” (Martens 1866: 286), not found in 2014]. Type locality —“Lagos Guineae superioris” (Martens 1866: 286). Distribution —“Haute Guinée ” (Bourguignat 1889: 177), “lac Tchad ” (Germain 1907d: 536).

Remarks. Form of libyca Morelet, teste Kobelt (1911: 21). Synonym of libyca Morelet, teste G.B. Sowerby III (1916: 67). Valid species, teste Pilsbry & Bequaert (1927: 188), followed here.

zambesianus

Lanistes Zambesianus Furtado, 1886: 148 –150, pl. 7, figs. 1, 1a, 1b. Type material — holotype [by monotypy: “Un seul exemplaire”]: MNHN 4525. Type locality —“Fleuve Zambèse, au-dessous de Tete” [Zambezi River, below Tete, Mozambique].

Remarks. Synonym of ellipticus Martens, teste Germain (1907d: 534, 1908: 670), Kobelt (1909: 78; 1911: 8) and Connolly (1912: 257), followed by Cowie & Héros (2012: 819) and here. Synonym of ovum Troschel, teste G.B. Sowerby III (1916: 68). Valid species, teste Pilsbry & Bequaert (1927: 195). Listed by Paetel (1888: 482) as zambesianus “Cross.”.

Notes

Published as part of Cowie, Robert H., 2015, 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, pp. 1-92 in Zootaxa 3940 (1) on page 27, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3940.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/288204

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http://treatment.plazi.org/id/03FFE6320A1FF56AFF68C912ABA0F805

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Journal article: 10.11646/zootaxa.3940.1.1 (DOI)
Journal article: http://zenodo.org/record/288204 (URL)
Journal article: http://publication.plazi.org/id/FFC69E4A0A05F570FFFFCC2EAA34FF91 (URL)
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https://www.checklistbank.org/dataset/36697/taxon/03FFE6320A1FF56AFF68C912ABA0F805.taxon (URL)

Biodiversity

Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Mollusca
Order
Architaenioglossa
Family
Ampullariidae
Genus
Meladomus
Species
vignoni
Taxon rank
species

References

  • Bourguignat, J. R. (1889) Mollusques de l'Afrique equatoriale de Moguedouchou a Bagamoyo et de Bagamoyo au Tanganika [sic]. D. Dumoulin, Paris, 229 pp., 8 pls. [after 15 February; p. 9] http: // dx. doi. org / 10.5962 / bhl. title. 12884
  • Kobelt, W. (1911 - 1915) Die Gattung Ampullaria. Neue Folge. In: Kuster, H. C. (Ed.), Systematisches Conchylien-Cabinet von Martini und Chemnitz. Neue Folge. Ersten Bandes zwanzigste Abtheilung. Baur & Raspe, Nurnberg [= Nuremburg], pp. 1 - 236, pls. 22 - 79.
  • Pilsbry, H. A. & Bequaert, J. T. (1927) The aquatic mollusks of the Belgian Congo. With a geographical and ecological account of Congo malacology. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History, 53 (2), 69 - 602, pls. 10 - 77. [9 May; cover of article]
  • Furtado A. (1886) Coquilles terrestres et fluviatiles de l'exploration africaine de MM. Capello et Ivens (1884 - 1885). Journal de Conchyliologie, 34 (2), 138 - 152. [30 September; Fischer-Piette 1937: 91]
  • Kobelt, W. (1909) Verzeichnis der aus Afrika bekannten Binnenconchylien. Abhandlungen der Senckenbergischen Naturforschenden Gesellschaft, 32, 53 - 97.
  • Connolly, M. (1912) A revised reference list of South African non-marine Mollusca; with descriptions of new species in the South African Museum. Annals of the South African Museum, 11 (3), 59 - 306, pl. 2. [24 October; front wrapper of issue] http: // dx. doi. org / 10.5962 / bhl. title. 11477
  • Cowie, R. H. & Heros, V. (2012) Annotated catalogue of the types of Ampullariidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda) in the Museum national d'Histoire naturelle, Paris, with lectotype designations. Zoosystema, 34, 793 - 824. [December] http: // dx. doi. org / 10.5252 / z 2012 n 4 a 8