Meladomus bloyeti, Bourguignat, 1889

Cowie, Robert H. & Héros, Virginie, 2012, Annotated catalogue of the types of Ampullariidae (Mollusca, Gastropoda) in the Muséum national d’Histoire naturelle, Paris, with lectotype designations, Zoosystema 34 (4), pp. 793-824 : 797

bloyeti Bourguignat, 1889 , Meladomus

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Meladomus bloyeti Bourguignat, 1889: 171 .

CURRENT TAXONOMIC STATUS. — Lanistes . Valid species.

TYPE SPECIMEN. — Lectotype (here designated) MNHN 4501 .

TYPE LOCALITY. — “Cours d’eau aux environs de Kondoa (Ousaghara)” [ Tanzania].

REMARKS

The shell is close to the dimensions given in the original description and the label is in Bourguignat’s hand, written with his characteristic purplish ink. We consider this sufficient justification to designate this specimen as the lectotype to stabilise the name.

Figures

FIG. 1. — A, Ampullaria aulanieri Deville & Huppé,1850,lectotype MNHN 23072, 48.2 mm;B, Ampullaria baeri Dautzenberg,1902,lectotype MNHN 4493, 27.0 mm; C, Ampullaria begini Morlet, 1889,syntype MNHN 4499, 21.4 mm; D, Ampullaria belizensis Crosse & Fischer in Fischer & Crosse, 1888, holotype MNHN 5139, 61.8 mm; E, Meladomus bloyeti Bourguignat, 1889, lectotype MNHN 4501, 63.3 mm; F, Ampullaria bruguieri Deshayes, 1830, lectotype MNHN 23074, 72.1 mm; G, Ampullaria carinata Olivier, 1804, lectotype MNHN 23075, 28.5 mm; H, Ampullaria castanea Deshayes, 1830, lectotype MNHN 4710, 42.2 mm.