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Lanistes congicus O. Boettger, 1891
842963 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:842963)
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Species
Lanistes bourguignoni Putzeys, 1899 · unaccepted
Lanistes congicus fraternus Pilsbry & Bequaert, 1927 · unaccepted
Lanistes congicus var. mayumbae Dartevelle, 1934 · unaccepted
Lanistes kobelti Pain, 1954 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
- Subspecies Lanistes congicus fraternus Pilsbry & Bequaert, 1927 accepted as Lanistes congicus O. Boettger, 1891
- Variety Lanistes congicus var. mayumbae Dartevelle, 1934 accepted as Lanistes congicus O. Boettger, 1891
Schepman, M. M. (1891). On a new species of <i>Lanistes</i>. <em>Notes from the Leyden Museum.</em> 13: 111–112., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/9642022
page(s): 111, pl. 8, figs. 1a–c [details]
page(s): 111, pl. 8, figs. 1a–c [details]
Note “near the village Elau, on 2 days journey...
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Type locality “near the village Elau, on 2 days journey from San Salvador, Congo” [details]
Distribution Northern Angola, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Republic of the Congo
Distribution Northern Angola, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Republic of the Congo [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Lanistes congicus O. Boettger, 1891. Accessed at: https://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=842963 on 2025-09-11
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original description
Schepman, M. M. (1891). On a new species of <i>Lanistes</i>. <em>Notes from the Leyden Museum.</em> 13: 111–112., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/9642022
page(s): 111, pl. 8, figs. 1a–c [details]
original description (of Lanistes bourguignoni Putzeys, 1899) Putzeys, S. (1899). Diagnoses de quelques coquilles nouvelles provenant de l'état indépendant du Congo. <em>Annales de la Societe Royal Malacologique de Belgique.</em> 33: 22-25, 82-85 [published 15 December 1899; see Breure & Backhuys, 2021: 141]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/41174391
page(s): 23, text figs 9-11 [details]
original description (of Lanistes congicus fraternus Pilsbry & Bequaert, 1927) Pilsbry, H. A. & Bequaert, J. C. (1927). The aquatic mollusks of the Belgian Congo: with a geographical and ecological account of Congo malacology. <em>Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History.</em> 53: 69-602., available online at http://hdl.handle.net/2246/975
page(s): 189, pl. 18, fig. 16 [details] Available for editors
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original description (of Lanistes kobelti Pain, 1954) Pain, T. (1954). New freshwater gastropod mollusks of the African genus <i>Lanistes</i>. <em>Breviora.</em> 31: 1-4. Cambridge, Mass., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/3190137
page(s): 1 [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]
page(s): 111, pl. 8, figs. 1a–c [details]
original description (of Lanistes bourguignoni Putzeys, 1899) Putzeys, S. (1899). Diagnoses de quelques coquilles nouvelles provenant de l'état indépendant du Congo. <em>Annales de la Societe Royal Malacologique de Belgique.</em> 33: 22-25, 82-85 [published 15 December 1899; see Breure & Backhuys, 2021: 141]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/41174391
page(s): 23, text figs 9-11 [details]
original description (of Lanistes congicus fraternus Pilsbry & Bequaert, 1927) Pilsbry, H. A. & Bequaert, J. C. (1927). The aquatic mollusks of the Belgian Congo: with a geographical and ecological account of Congo malacology. <em>Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History.</em> 53: 69-602., available online at http://hdl.handle.net/2246/975
page(s): 189, pl. 18, fig. 16 [details] Available for editors
[request]original description (of Lanistes kobelti Pain, 1954) Pain, T. (1954). New freshwater gastropod mollusks of the African genus <i>Lanistes</i>. <em>Breviora.</em> 31: 1-4. Cambridge, Mass., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/3190137
page(s): 1 [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
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Distribution Northern Angola, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Republic of the Congo [details]Type locality “near the village Elau, on 2 days journey from San Salvador, Congo” [details]
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