MolluscaBase taxon details
Lanistes libycus (Morelet, 1848)
836451 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:836451)
accepted
Species
Ampullaria libyca Morelet, 1848 · unaccepted > superseded combination
Lanistes lybicus [sic] · unaccepted
Lanistes sanagaensis Clench, 1929 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Meladomus (Lanistes) libycus (Morelet, 1848) · unaccepted
Meladomus boettgeri Kobelt, 1912 · unaccepted
Meladomus libycus (Morelet, 1848) · unaccepted > superseded combination
(of Ampullaria libyca Morelet, 1848) Morelet, A. (1848). Testacea quaedam Africae occidentalis terrestria et fluviatilia. <em>Revue Zoologique par la Société Cuvierienne.</em> 11: 351-355., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2366821
page(s): 354 [details]
page(s): 354 [details]
Type locality contained in Gabon
type locality contained in Gabon [from synonym] [view taxon] [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Lanistes libycus (Morelet, 1848). Accessed at: https://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=836451 on 2025-05-16
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original description
(of Ampullaria libyca Morelet, 1848) Morelet, A. (1848). Testacea quaedam Africae occidentalis terrestria et fluviatilia. <em>Revue Zoologique par la Société Cuvierienne.</em> 11: 351-355., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2366821
page(s): 354 [details]
original description (of Meladomus boettgeri Kobelt, 1912) Kobelt, W. (1911-1915). Die Gattung Ampullaria. Neue Folge. In Abbildungen nach der Natur mit Beschreibungen. <em>In: Schuberth, G. H.; Wagner, J. A. Systematisches Conchylien-Cabinet von Martini und Chemnitz. Ersten Bandes, zwanzigste Abtheilung, zweiter Theil.</em> (20) [(2)]: 1-236, pls 22-79. Nürnberg: Bauer & Raspe (publication dates: 1-24, pls 22-27 [1911]; 25-104, pls 28-44 [1912]; 105-200, pls 45-68 [1913]; 201-216, pls 69-76 [1914]; 217-236, pls 75-79 [1915])., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/34225446
page(s): 41, pl. 30, figs 6-7 [details]
original description (of Meladomus (Lanistes) libycus var. albersi Kobelt, 1912) Kobelt, W. (1911-1915). Die Gattung Ampullaria. Neue Folge. In Abbildungen nach der Natur mit Beschreibungen. <em>In: Schuberth, G. H.; Wagner, J. A. Systematisches Conchylien-Cabinet von Martini und Chemnitz. Ersten Bandes, zwanzigste Abtheilung, zweiter Theil.</em> (20) [(2)]: 1-236, pls 22-79. Nürnberg: Bauer & Raspe (publication dates: 1-24, pls 22-27 [1911]; 25-104, pls 28-44 [1912]; 105-200, pls 45-68 [1913]; 201-216, pls 69-76 [1914]; 217-236, pls 75-79 [1915])., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/34225446
page(s): 25, pl. 23, figs 5-6 [details]
original description (of Lanistes sanagaensis Clench, 1929) Clench, W. J. (1929). Some records and descriptions of new fresh-water mollusks from Cameroon. <em>Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology.</em> 69(6):117–123., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2774435
page(s): 120, pl. 1, figs 7-8 [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): 60-61, fig. 26g,h. [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Breure, A.S.H., Audibert, C. & Ablett, J.D. (2018). Pierre Marie Arthur Morelet (1809-1892) and his contributions to malacology. Leiden: Nederlandse Malacologische Vereniging. 544 pp.
page(s): 323 [details] Available for editors [request]
page(s): 354 [details]
original description (of Meladomus boettgeri Kobelt, 1912) Kobelt, W. (1911-1915). Die Gattung Ampullaria. Neue Folge. In Abbildungen nach der Natur mit Beschreibungen. <em>In: Schuberth, G. H.; Wagner, J. A. Systematisches Conchylien-Cabinet von Martini und Chemnitz. Ersten Bandes, zwanzigste Abtheilung, zweiter Theil.</em> (20) [(2)]: 1-236, pls 22-79. Nürnberg: Bauer & Raspe (publication dates: 1-24, pls 22-27 [1911]; 25-104, pls 28-44 [1912]; 105-200, pls 45-68 [1913]; 201-216, pls 69-76 [1914]; 217-236, pls 75-79 [1915])., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/34225446
page(s): 41, pl. 30, figs 6-7 [details]
original description (of Meladomus (Lanistes) libycus var. albersi Kobelt, 1912) Kobelt, W. (1911-1915). Die Gattung Ampullaria. Neue Folge. In Abbildungen nach der Natur mit Beschreibungen. <em>In: Schuberth, G. H.; Wagner, J. A. Systematisches Conchylien-Cabinet von Martini und Chemnitz. Ersten Bandes, zwanzigste Abtheilung, zweiter Theil.</em> (20) [(2)]: 1-236, pls 22-79. Nürnberg: Bauer & Raspe (publication dates: 1-24, pls 22-27 [1911]; 25-104, pls 28-44 [1912]; 105-200, pls 45-68 [1913]; 201-216, pls 69-76 [1914]; 217-236, pls 75-79 [1915])., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/34225446
page(s): 25, pl. 23, figs 5-6 [details]
original description (of Lanistes sanagaensis Clench, 1929) Clench, W. J. (1929). Some records and descriptions of new fresh-water mollusks from Cameroon. <em>Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology.</em> 69(6):117–123., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2774435
page(s): 120, pl. 1, figs 7-8 [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
[request]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): 60-61, fig. 26g,h. [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Breure, A.S.H., Audibert, C. & Ablett, J.D. (2018). Pierre Marie Arthur Morelet (1809-1892) and his contributions to malacology. Leiden: Nederlandse Malacologische Vereniging. 544 pp.
page(s): 323 [details] Available for editors
[request]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Lanistes libycus)
To GenBank (4 nucleotides; 2 proteins)
To GenBank (4 nucleotides; 2 proteins) (from synonym Ampullaria libyca Morelet, 1848)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To MNHN Type collection (IM 2000-4610) (from synonym Ampullaria libyca Morelet, 1848)
To NHMUK collection (Ampullaria libyca Morelet, 1848; SYNTYPE(S); NHMUK:ecatalogue:7787887) (from synonym Ampullaria libyca Morelet, 1848)
To NHMUK collection (Lanistes libycus (Morelet, 1848); NHMUK:ecatalogue:6532585)
To GenBank (4 nucleotides; 2 proteins)
To GenBank (4 nucleotides; 2 proteins) (from synonym Ampullaria libyca Morelet, 1848)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To MNHN Type collection (IM 2000-4610) (from synonym Ampullaria libyca Morelet, 1848)
To NHMUK collection (Ampullaria libyca Morelet, 1848; SYNTYPE(S); NHMUK:ecatalogue:7787887) (from synonym Ampullaria libyca Morelet, 1848)
To NHMUK collection (Lanistes libycus (Morelet, 1848); NHMUK:ecatalogue:6532585)
