MolluscaBase - Lanistes ovum Troschel, 1845

Troschel, F.H. (1845). Anatomie von Ampullaria urceus und über die Gattung Lanistes Montf. Archiv für Naturgeschichte. 11 (1), 97–216, pl. 8.
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Type data

Lectotype (of Lanistes olivaceus var. procerus E. von...

Lectotype (of Lanistes olivaceus var. procerus E. von Martens, 1886) ZMB 8.570a [details]

Lectotype (of Lanistes ovum var. elatior E. von Martens, 1866) ZMB 8.571, geounit Somalia [details]

Lectotype (of Lanistes ovum var. plicosus E. von Martens, 1897) ZMB 109.533a [details]

Lectotype ZMB 111.748a, geounit Mozambique [details]

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Lanistes ovum Troschel, 1845. Accessed at: https://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=843293 on 2025-09-11

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original description Troschel, F.H. (1845). Anatomie von Ampullaria urceus und über die Gattung Lanistes Montf. Archiv für Naturgeschichte. 11 (1), 97–216, pl. 8.
page(s): 215 [details]

original description (of Lanistes (Meladomus) connollyi Pain, 1954) Pain, T. (1954). New freshwater gastropod mollusks of the African genus Lanistes. Breviora. 31: 1-4. Cambridge, Mass., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/3190137
page(s): 2 [details]

original description (of Lanistes ovum var. elatior E. von Martens, 1866) Martens, E. von. (1866). Ueber einige afrikanische Binnenconchylien. Malakozoologische Blätter. 13: 91–110, pls. 3-4., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15855714
page(s): 99. [details]

original description (of Lanistes olivaceus var. procerus E. von Martens, 1866) Martens, E. von. (1866). Genus: Lanistes 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 1, 2. [details]

original description (of Lanistes (Meladomus) procerus langi 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. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History. 53: 69-602., available online at http://hdl.handle.net/2246/975
page(s): 197-198, pl. 17, figs 1-4 [details] Available for editors

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original description (of Lanistes ellipticus var. luapulensis Furtado, 1886) Furtado, A. (1886). Coquilles terrestres et fluviatiles de l'exploration Africaine de M.M. Capello et Ivens (1884–1885). Journal de Conchyliologie. 34(2): 138–152. [30 September]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16071029
page(s): 151 [details]

original description (of Lanistes (Meladomus) ovum mweruensis Pain, 1954) Pain, T. (1954). New freshwater gastropod mollusks of the African genus Lanistes. Breviora. 31: 1-4. Cambridge, Mass., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/3190137
page(s): 3 [details]

original description (of Lanistes ovum var. plicosus E. von Martens, 1897) Martens, E. von. (1897). Beschalte Weichthiere Deutsch-Ost-Afrikas. In: Möbius, K.: Deutsch-Ostafrika. 4: i-v + 1-308. Berlin [Dietrich Reimer]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/12943#/summary
page(s): 167 [details]

basis of record Cowie, R. H. (2015). The recent apple snails of Africa and Asia (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Ampullariidae: Afropomus, Forbesopomus, Lanistes, Pila, Saulea): a nomenclatural and type catalogue. The apple snails of the Americas: addenda and corrigenda. Zootaxa. 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 Connolly, M. (1939). A monographic survey of South African non-marine Mollusca. Annals of the South African Museum. 33: 1-660.
page(s): 555 [details] Available for editors

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additional source Brown D. S. (1994). Freshwater snails of Africa and their medical importance, revised 2nd edition. London: Taylor & Francis. pp. i-x, 1-607.
page(s): 62, figs 29a,c. [details] Available for editors

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additional source Brown, D. S.; Curtis, B. A.; Bethune, S.; Appleton, C. C. (1992). Freshwater snails of East Caprivi and the lower Okavango River Basin in Namibia and Botswana. Hydrobiologia. 246(1): 9-40., available online at https://doi.org/10.1007/bf00005620
page(s): 17 [details] Available for editors

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additional source Connolly, M. (1925). The non-marine Mollusca of Portuguese East Africa. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Africa, 12 (3): 105-220, pl. 4-8. Cape Town. [March].
page(s): 207 [details]

additional source Appleton, C.C. (1977). The fresh-water Mollusca of Tongaland with a note on molluscan distribution in Lake Sibaya. Annals of the Natal Museum 23(1):129-144.
page(s): 132 [details]

additional source Appleton, C.C. (1996). Freshwater molluscs of southern Africa. University of Natal Press: Pietermaritzburg. Pp. 1–64.
page(s): 19 [details]

subsequent type designation Köhler, F.; Glaubrecht, M. (2006). The types of Ampullariidae Gray, 1824 (Mollusca, Gastropoda) in the Malacological Collection of the Natural History Museum, Berlin: an annotated catalogue with lectotype designations. Mitteilungen aus dem Museum für Naturkunde, Zoologische Reihe. 82 (1): 198–215., available online at https://doi.org/10.1002/mmnz.200600006
page(s): 208, fig. 1.; note: Lectotype designated and figured. [details] Available for editors

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