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Lanistes ellipticus E. von Martens, 1866
843766 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:843766)
accepted
Species
Lanistes (Meladomus) ellipticus E. von Martens, 1866 · unaccepted
Lanistes affinis E. A. Smith, 1878 · unaccepted
Lanistes zambesianus Furtado, 1886 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
- Subspecies Lanistes ellipticus ellipticus E. von Martens, 1866
- Subspecies Lanistes ellipticus trapeziformis Furtado, 1886
- Variety Lanistes ellipticus var. luapulensis Furtado, 1886 accepted as Lanistes ovum Troschel, 1845
- Variety Lanistes ellipticus var. trapeziformis Furtado, 1886 accepted as Lanistes ellipticus trapeziformis Furtado, 1886 (original rank)
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): 294, pl. 70, figs 9, 10. [details]
page(s): 294, pl. 70, figs 9, 10. [details]
Lectotype ZMB 8.568a, geounit Mozambique
Lectotype ZMB 8.568a, geounit Mozambique [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Lanistes ellipticus E. von Martens, 1866. Accessed at: https://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=843766 on 2025-09-11
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original description
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): 294, pl. 70, figs 9, 10. [details]
original description (of Lanistes affinis E. A. Smith, 1878) Smith, E. A. (1878). On the shells of Lake Nyasa, and on a few marine species from Mozambique. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> 1877: 712-722. Dated 1877, published 1878., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28518674
page(s): 716, pl. 76, fig. 7 [details]
original description (of Lanistes zambesianus Furtado, 1886) Furtado, A. (1886). Coquilles terrestres et fluviatiles de l'exploration Africaine de M.M. Capello et Ivens (1884–1885). <em>Journal de Conchyliologie.</em> 34(2): 138–152. [30 September]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16071029
page(s): 148-150, pl. 7 figs 1, 1a-b [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 Connolly, M. (1939). A monographic survey of South African non-marine Mollusca. <em>Annals of the South African Museum.</em> 33: 1-660.
page(s): 556 [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): 63, fig. 29d. [details] Available for editors [request]
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. <em>Mitteilungen aus dem Museum für Naturkunde, Zoologische Reihe.</em> 82 (1): 198–215., available online at https://doi.org/10.1002/mmnz.200600006
page(s): 204 [details] Available for editors [request]
page(s): 294, pl. 70, figs 9, 10. [details]
original description (of Lanistes affinis E. A. Smith, 1878) Smith, E. A. (1878). On the shells of Lake Nyasa, and on a few marine species from Mozambique. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> 1877: 712-722. Dated 1877, published 1878., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28518674
page(s): 716, pl. 76, fig. 7 [details]
original description (of Lanistes zambesianus Furtado, 1886) Furtado, A. (1886). Coquilles terrestres et fluviatiles de l'exploration Africaine de M.M. Capello et Ivens (1884–1885). <em>Journal de Conchyliologie.</em> 34(2): 138–152. [30 September]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16071029
page(s): 148-150, pl. 7 figs 1, 1a-b [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 Connolly, M. (1939). A monographic survey of South African non-marine Mollusca. <em>Annals of the South African Museum.</em> 33: 1-660.
page(s): 556 [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): 63, fig. 29d. [details] Available for editors
[request]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. <em>Mitteilungen aus dem Museum für Naturkunde, Zoologische Reihe.</em> 82 (1): 198–215., available online at https://doi.org/10.1002/mmnz.200600006
page(s): 204 [details] Available for editors
[request]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Lectotype ZMB 8.568a, geounit Mozambique [details]
