Lanistes magnus

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, Zootaxa 3940 (1), pp. 1-92 : 20-21

magnus

Lanistes magnus Furtado, 1886: 147 . Type material — holotype [by monotypy]: MNHN 4607 ( Fischer-Piette 1950: 155; Cowie & Héros 2012 : 808 ). Type locality —“Rivière Luapula” [ Zambia or Democratic Republic of the Congo]. Distribution —no additional information.

Remarks. A giant form of procerus Martens , teste Pilsbry & Bequaert (1927: 198). Synonym of procerus Martens , teste Germain (1907d: 532). Synonym of ovum Peters , teste Mandahl-Barth (1968: 31). Valid species, teste G.B. Sowerby III (1916: 67) and Cowie & Héros (2012: 808) , followed here. Listed by Paetel (1887: 479) as magnus “Cross.”.

major

Lanistes procerus forme major Germain, 1907a: 233 . Unavailable name: first published as a junior synonym of magnus Furtado ; not treated as an available name or adopted as the name of a taxon before 1961 (Code, Art. 11.6).

+ major

Lanistes ovum variété. major Germain, 1907c: 427 . Type material —location unknown. Type locality —“l’Afrique équatoriale” [in publication title]. Distribution —no additional information. Remarks. Pilsbry & Bequaert (1927: 196) gave “Bamu Island in the Stanley Pool” as the type locality, based on material in the Roubaud collection.

manyarana

Lanistes affinis Smith var. Manyarana Sturany, 1894: 310, pl. 24, fig. 32. Type material — holotype [by monotypy: “ein einziges Exemplar”]: location unknown. Type locality —“Manyara-See” [Lake Manyara, Tanzania] ( Sturany 1894: 309).

Remarks. Variety of ovum Troschel , teste Kobelt (1909: 79). Synonym of ovum Troschel , teste G.B. Sowerby III (1916: 68; as “ manayarana ”), followed here.

martensianus

Lanistes martensianus Martens, 1897a: 167 . Unavailable name: first published as a junior synonym of grasseti Morelet; not treated as an available name or adopted as the name of a taxon before 1961 (Code, Art. 11.6). Remarks. Name attributed to “Maltzan, Mscr.”.

+ mayumbae

Lanistes congicus Boettger var. Mayumbae Dartevelle, 1934: 413. Type material — syntypes: the specimens described and illustrated by Pilsbry & Bequaert (1927: 189, pl. 18, figs. 13–15), MCZ 103889 (2 spms.). Type locality —“Tchimpanga, riv. Mavuma; Weka, riv. Chimazenze”; “Bassin du Shiloango” [in publication title; = Bas- Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo]. Distribution —no additional information.