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Lanistes varicus (O. F. Müller, 1774)
836458 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:836458)
accepted
Species
Ampullaria guinaica Lamarck, 1822 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Ampullaria olivacea Lamarck, 1816 · unaccepted
Helix varica O. F. Müller, 1774 · unaccepted (original combination)
Lanistes olivaceus (Lamarck, 1816) · unaccepted (junior synonym)
Meladomus (Lanistes) senegalensis Kobelt, 1912 · unaccepted (junior synonym)
Meladomus adansoni Kobelt, 1911 · unaccepted
(of Helix varica O. F. Müller, 1774) Müller, O. F. (1774). <i>Vermium terrestrium et fluviatilium, seu animalium infusorium, Helminthicorum, et testaceorum, non marinorum, succincta historia</i>. vol 2. Havniae et Lipsiae, apud Heineck et Faber, ex officina Mölleriana. I-XXXVI, 1-214 pp, 10 unnumbered pages. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12893715
page(s): 70 [details]
page(s): 70 [details]
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original description
(of Helix varica O. F. Müller, 1774) Müller, O. F. (1774). <i>Vermium terrestrium et fluviatilium, seu animalium infusorium, Helminthicorum, et testaceorum, non marinorum, succincta historia</i>. vol 2. Havniae et Lipsiae, apud Heineck et Faber, ex officina Mölleriana. I-XXXVI, 1-214 pp, 10 unnumbered pages. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12893715
page(s): 70 [details]
original description (of Meladomus adansoni Kobelt, 1911) 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): 18, pl. 24, fig. 6 [details]
original description (of Ampullaria olivacea Lamarck, 1816) Lamarck, [J. B. P. A. de M. de]. (1816). Tableau encyclopédique et méthodique des trois règnes de la nature, Mollusques et polypes divers. Part 23 [Livraison 84, 14 December 1816], Tome 3, pp. 1-16, pls. 391-431, 431 bis, 431 bis*, 432-488, Paris: Vve Agasse., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/37162278 [details]
original description (of Ampullaria guinaica Lamarck, 1822) Lamarck, [J.-B. M.] de. (1822). <i>Histoire naturelle des animaux sans vertèbres</i>. Tome sixième, 2me partie, 232 pp. Paris, published by the author. , available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13181853
page(s): 178 [details]
original description (of Meladomus (Lanistes) senegalensis 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): 31, pl. 28, figs 13-14 [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): 70 [details]
original description (of Meladomus adansoni Kobelt, 1911) 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): 18, pl. 24, fig. 6 [details]
original description (of Ampullaria olivacea Lamarck, 1816) Lamarck, [J. B. P. A. de M. de]. (1816). Tableau encyclopédique et méthodique des trois règnes de la nature, Mollusques et polypes divers. Part 23 [Livraison 84, 14 December 1816], Tome 3, pp. 1-16, pls. 391-431, 431 bis, 431 bis*, 432-488, Paris: Vve Agasse., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/37162278 [details]
original description (of Ampullaria guinaica Lamarck, 1822) Lamarck, [J.-B. M.] de. (1822). <i>Histoire naturelle des animaux sans vertèbres</i>. Tome sixième, 2me partie, 232 pp. Paris, published by the author. , available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13181853
page(s): 178 [details]
original description (of Meladomus (Lanistes) senegalensis 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): 31, pl. 28, figs 13-14 [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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