Ampullaria bruguieri, Deshayes, 1830

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

bruguieri Deshayes, 1830 , Ampullaria

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Ampullaria bruguieri Deshayes, 1830: 32 .

CURRENT TAXONOMIC STATUS. — Pila . Valid species.

TYPE LOCALITY. — “ Cayenne ” [ French Guiana;? error] .

TYPE SPECIMENS. — Lectotype (here designated) MNHN 23074 (ex 4450); paralectotypes MNHN 4450 (2 spms).

REMARKS

The label of the lectotype, here designated to stabilise the name, identifies it as the “type de l’espèce”. It is the only specimen of the three that has an operculum. The operculum is calcified and the label says “= A. kordofana . Parreyss” suggesting that it is a species of Pila from Africa, specifically Sudan (see also Tillier 1980: 16; Cowie & Thiengo 2003: 80).

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.