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Lanistes grasseti (Morelet, 1863)
843773 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:843773)
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Species
Ampullaria (Lanistes) grasseti Morelet, 1863 · unaccepted > superseded combination
Lanistes ovum var. grasseti (Morelet, 1863) · unaccepted > superseded rank
Lanistes plicosus E. von Martens, 1879 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
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(of Ampullaria (Lanistes) grasseti Morelet, 1863) Morelet, A. (1863). Description d'une espèce nouvelle. <em>Journal de conchyliologie.</em> 11 (3): 267-268, pl. 10., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15338317
page(s): 267, pl. 10, fig. 2 [details]
page(s): 267, pl. 10, fig. 2 [details]
Note Madagascar, without a precise locality
Type locality Madagascar, without a precise locality [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Lanistes grasseti (Morelet, 1863). Accessed at: https://molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=843773 on 2025-09-11
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original description
(of Ampullaria (Lanistes) grasseti Morelet, 1863) Morelet, A. (1863). Description d'une espèce nouvelle. <em>Journal de conchyliologie.</em> 11 (3): 267-268, pl. 10., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15338317
page(s): 267, pl. 10, fig. 2 [details]
original description (of Lanistes plicosus E. von Martens, 1879) Martens, E. von. (1879). [Descriptions of nonmarine Mollusca]. In: Pfeiffer, K. (ed.) Novitates Conchologicae. Series Prima. Mollusca extramarina. Beschreibung und Abbildung neuer oder kritischer Land- und Süßwassermollusken, vol. 5, 175–197. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/10946216
page(s): 191, pl. 156, figs 3-5. [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 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. 29e. [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Breure, A.S.H., Audibert, C. & Ablett, J.D. (2018). Pierre Marie Arthur Morelet (1809-1892) and his contributions to malacology. Leiden: Nederlandse Malacologische Vereniging. 544 pp.
page(s): 298 [details] Available for editors [request]
page(s): 267, pl. 10, fig. 2 [details]
original description (of Lanistes plicosus E. von Martens, 1879) Martens, E. von. (1879). [Descriptions of nonmarine Mollusca]. In: Pfeiffer, K. (ed.) Novitates Conchologicae. Series Prima. Mollusca extramarina. Beschreibung und Abbildung neuer oder kritischer Land- und Süßwassermollusken, vol. 5, 175–197. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/10946216
page(s): 191, pl. 156, figs 3-5. [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 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. 29e. [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Breure, A.S.H., Audibert, C. & Ablett, J.D. (2018). Pierre Marie Arthur Morelet (1809-1892) and his contributions to malacology. Leiden: Nederlandse Malacologische Vereniging. 544 pp.
page(s): 298 [details] Available for editors
[request]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
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Type locality Madagascar, without a precise locality [details]
To NHMUK collection (Ampullaria (Lanistes) grasseti Morelet, 1863; SYNTYPE(S); NHMUK:ecatalogue:7787884) (from synonym Ampullaria (Lanistes) grasseti Morelet, 1863)
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