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Lanistes ambiguus E. von Martens, 1866
842952 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:842952)
accepted
Species
Lanistes olivaceus var. ambiguus E. von Martens, 1866 · unaccepted (original rank)
(of Lanistes olivaceus var. ambiguus E. von Martens, 1866) Martens, E. von. (1866). Genus: <i>Lanistes</i> Montfort. In: Pfeiffer, L. (Ed.), 1860–1866, Novitates conchologicae. Series prima. Mollusca extramarina. Beschreibung und Abbildung neuer oder kritischer Land- und Süsswassermollusken. Zweiter Band. Theodor Fischer, Cassel, pp. 285–295, pls. 70–71. [pp. 285–292 (part of Lieferung 23), April; pp. 293–295, pls. 70–71 (part of Lieferung 24), July; Johnson, 1969: 237].
page(s): 292, pl. 71, figs 3, 4. [details]
page(s): 292, pl. 71, figs 3, 4. [details]
Lectotype (of Lanistes olivaceus var. ambiguus E. von...
Lectotype (of Lanistes olivaceus var. ambiguus E. von Martens, 1866) MNB ZMB 8569a, geounit Mozambique [details]
Lectotype ZMB 8.569a, geounit Mozambique [details]
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(of Lanistes olivaceus var. ambiguus E. von Martens, 1866) Martens, E. von. (1866). Genus: <i>Lanistes</i> Montfort. In: Pfeiffer, L. (Ed.), 1860–1866, Novitates conchologicae. Series prima. Mollusca extramarina. Beschreibung und Abbildung neuer oder kritischer Land- und Süsswassermollusken. Zweiter Band. Theodor Fischer, Cassel, pp. 285–295, pls. 70–71. [pp. 285–292 (part of Lieferung 23), April; pp. 293–295, pls. 70–71 (part of Lieferung 24), July; Johnson, 1969: 237].
page(s): 292, pl. 71, figs 3, 4. [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): 292, pl. 71, figs 3, 4. [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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Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Lectotype (of Lanistes olivaceus var. ambiguus E. von Martens, 1866) MNB ZMB 8569a, geounit Mozambique [details]
Lectotype ZMB 8.569a, geounit Mozambique [details]
