WoRMS taxon details
Lanistes purpureus (Jonas, 1839)
836441 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:836441)
accepted
Species
Ampullaria purpurea Jonas, 1839 · unaccepted (original combination)
Meladomus bulimoides Swainson, 1840 · unaccepted
Meladomus purpureus (Jonas, 1839) · unaccepted
Meladomus purpureus var. castaneus Kobelt, 1911 · unaccepted
(of Ampullaria purpurea Jonas, 1839) Jonas, J. H. (1839). Ueber Helix rosacea und H. lucana Mulleri, nebst Diagnosen einiger neuer Arten. <em>Archiv für Naturgeschichte.</em> 5(1): 334-345., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/24904245
page(s): 342 [details]
page(s): 342 [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Lanistes purpureus (Jonas, 1839). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=836441 on 2025-03-29
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Nomenclature
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(of Ampullaria purpurea Jonas, 1839) Jonas, J. H. (1839). Ueber Helix rosacea und H. lucana Mulleri, nebst Diagnosen einiger neuer Arten. <em>Archiv für Naturgeschichte.</em> 5(1): 334-345., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/24904245
page(s): 342 [details]
basis of record Cowie, R. H. (2015). The recent apple snails of Africa and Asia (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Ampullariidae: <i>Afropomus, Forbesopomus, Lanistes, Pila, Saulea</i>): a nomenclatural and type catalogue. The apple snails of the Americas: addenda and corrigenda. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 3940(1): 1-92., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.3940.1.1 [details] Available for editors
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page(s): 342 [details]
basis of record Cowie, R. H. (2015). The recent apple snails of Africa and Asia (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Ampullariidae: <i>Afropomus, Forbesopomus, Lanistes, Pila, Saulea</i>): a nomenclatural and type catalogue. The apple snails of the Americas: addenda and corrigenda. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 3940(1): 1-92., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.3940.1.1 [details] Available for editors
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additional source
Brown D. S. (1994). <i>Freshwater snails of Africa and their medical importance</i>, revised 2nd edition. London: Taylor & Francis. pp. i-x, 1-607.
page(s): 63, fig. 29b. [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Smith, E. A. (1881). On a collection of shells from Lakes Tanganyika and Nyassa and other localities in East Africa. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> 1881: 276-300., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30759431
page(s): 290 [details]
page(s): 63, fig. 29b. [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Smith, E. A. (1881). On a collection of shells from Lakes Tanganyika and Nyassa and other localities in East Africa. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> 1881: 276-300., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30759431
page(s): 290 [details]
