Ampullaria gevesensis, Deshayes, 1838

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 : 804

gevesensis Deshayes, 1838 , Ampullaria

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Ampullaria gevesensis Deshayes, 1838: 541 .

CURRENT TAXONOMIC STATUS. — Pomacea (Effusa) . Synonym of Helix glauca Linnaeus, 1758 ( Cowie & Thiengo 2003: 54).

TYPE SPECIMEN. — Syntype MNHN 4473.

TYPE LOCALITY. — [No locality given.]

REMARKS

The shell is not as big as the dimensions given in the original description, which lacked an illustration. However, the label is in Deshayes’ hand, so we consider this specimen a syntype.

Figures

FIG. 3.— A, Ampullaria elegans d’Orbigny,1835, syntype MNHN 23081, 31.5 mm; B, Ampullaria turbinis var.erythrochila Dautzenberg & Fischer, 1905, lectotype MNHN 4738, 49.0 mm; C, Ampullaria eumicra Crosse & Fischer, 1890, lectotype MNHN 23082, 29.8 mm; D, Ampullaria gevesensis Deshayes,1838,syntype MNHN 4473, 31.9 mm;E, Ampullaria (Lanistes) grasseti Morelet,1863,probable syntype MNHN 4457, 29.5 mm; F, Ampullaria guyanensis Lamarck,1822,paralectotype MNHN 4459, 86.8mm; G, Ampullaria insularum d’Orbigny, 1835, syntype MNHN 4463, 76.0 mm; H, Ampullaria intermedia Férussac in Quoy & Gaimard, 1825, lectotype MNHN 23083, 36.0 mm.