AMPULLARIIDAE J. E. Gray, 1824

Coan, Eugene V., Pacaud, Jean-Michel & Kabat, Alan R., 2024, Gérard-Paul Deshayes (1796 - 1875) and his taxa, Geodiversitas 46 (16), pp. 553-930 : 590

Family AMPULLARIIDAE J. E. Gray, 1824

angulata , Ampullaria – Deshayes, 1850-TraitElem: 45, pl. 72, fig. 23, non J. C. Jay, 1836, nec Dunker, 1845. — Type locality: none given. — Type age: Recent. — Type material not located. — Current status: probable synonym of Pomacea (Pomacea) scalaris (d’Orbigny, 1835) [ Ampullaria ] ( Cowie & Thiengo 2003: 56-57).

bruguieri , Ampullaria – Deshayes, 1830a-EncyMeth: 32. — Type locality: none given. — Type age: Recent. — Type material: MNHN-IM-2000-23074, lectotype; MNHN-IM-2000-4450, 2 paralectotypes. — Current status: an African species of Pila ( Cowie & Thiengo 2003: 80; Cowie & Héros 2012: 797, 799, fig. 1F).

castanea, Ampullaria – Deshayes, 1830a-EncyMeth: 31. — Type locality: none given [northern South America]. — Type age: Recent. Guérin-Méneville & Deshayes 1868: [25], pl. 12, fig. 5. Central America. — Type material: MNHN-IM-2000-4710, lectotype. — Current status: synonym of Pomacea (Effusa) glauca (Linnaeus, 1758) [ Helix ] ( Cowie & Thiengo 2003: 52; Cowie & Héros 2012: 798-799, fig. 1H).

gevesensis, Ampullaria – Deshayes, 1838-HistNatAnim2: 541; 1843-HistNatAnim3: 462. — Type locality: none given. — Type age: Recent. — Type material: MNHN-IM-2000-4473, syntype. — Current status: synonym of the northern South American Pomacea (Effusa) glauca (Linnaeus, 1758) [ Helix ] ( Cowie & Thiengo 2003: 53-54; Cowie & Héros 2012: 804, fig. 3D).

obtusa , Ampullaria – Deshayes, 1850-TraitElem: 45, pl. 72, fig. 24. — Type locality: none given. — Type age: Recent. — Type material not located. — Current status: taxon inquirendum ( Cowie & Thiengo 2003: 79).

olivieri, Ampullaria – Deshayes, 1830a-EncyMeth: 31; 1838-HistNatAnim2: 548; 1843-HistNatAnim3: 463. — Type locality: Cayenne; Mr. Marmin. — Type age: Recent. — Type material: lost. — Current status: synonym of Asolene crassa (Swainson, 1823) [ Ampullaria ] ( Cowie & Thiengo 2003: 48).

oviformis , Ampullaria – Deshayes, 1830a-EncyMeth: 34; 1838-HistNatAnim2: 549; 1843-HistNatAnim3: 465. — Type locality: Cayenne; Mr. Marmin. — Type age: Recent. — Type material: MNHN-IM-2000-4512, syntype; MNHN-IM-2000-5285, syntype. — Current status: type material representing two different species of Pomacea (Pomacea) , needing further study ( Cowie & Thiengo 2003: 71; Cowie & Héros 2012: 811-812, fig. 5F).

polita , Ampullaria – Deshayes, 1830a-EncyMeth: 31-32; 1838-HistNatAnim2: 544; 1843-HistNatAnim3: 463. — Type locality: none given. — Type age: Recent. Replacement name for Ampullaria virescens Deshayes, 1824 , non Ampullaria virens Lamarck, 1822 , which are not really homonyms. — Current status: Pila virescens (Deshayes, 1824) from southeast Asia ( Cowie & Héros 2012: 813).

sphaerica , Ampullaria – Deshayes, 1830a-EncyMeth: 30. — Type locality: none given. — Type age: Recent. — Type material: not found. — Current status: synonym of Pila globosa (Swainson, 1822) [ Ampullaria ] ( Cowie 2015: 33, 48-49).

virescens , Ampullaria – Deshayes, 1824-DictClass: pl. [87], fig. 2; 1831-DictClass17: 122. — Type locality: none given. — Type age: Recent. — Type material: MNHN-IM-2000-24513, holotype. “ Manila, Philippine Islands ” in catalogue. Not preoccupied by Ampullaria virens Lamarck, 1822 . — Current status: Pila virescens (Deshayes, 1824) ( Cowie & Héros 2012: 815, fig. 7D, 818-819). See also above under polita , Ampullaria , an unnecessary replacement.