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Lanistes intortus (Lamarck, 1816)
843779 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:843779)
accepted
Species
Ampullaria intorta Lamarck, 1816 · unaccepted (original combination)
Meladomus intortus (Lamarck, 1816) · unaccepted
Meladomus intortus var. hessei Kobelt, 1912 · unaccepted (junior synonym)
(of Ampullaria intorta Lamarck, 1816) Lamarck, [J. B. P. A. de M. de]. (1816). Tableau encyclopédique et méthodique des trois règnes de la nature, Mollusques et polypes divers. Part 23 [Livraison 84, 14 December 1816], Tome 3, pp. 1-16, pls. 391-431, 431 bis, 431 bis*, 432-488, Paris: Vve Agasse., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/37162278 [details]
Note No locality given
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Type locality No locality given [details]
Distribution Gambia, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Lower Congo River
Distribution Gambia, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Lower Congo River [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Lanistes intortus (Lamarck, 1816). Accessed at: https://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=843779 on 2025-09-10
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(of Ampullaria intorta Lamarck, 1816) Lamarck, [J. B. P. A. de M. de]. (1816). Tableau encyclopédique et méthodique des trois règnes de la nature, Mollusques et polypes divers. Part 23 [Livraison 84, 14 December 1816], Tome 3, pp. 1-16, pls. 391-431, 431 bis, 431 bis*, 432-488, Paris: Vve Agasse., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/37162278 [details]
original description (of Meladomus intortus var. hessei Kobelt, 1912) Kobelt, W. (1911-1915). Die Gattung Ampullaria. Neue Folge. In Abbildungen nach der Natur mit Beschreibungen. <em>In: Schuberth, G. H.; Wagner, J. A. Systematisches Conchylien-Cabinet von Martini und Chemnitz. Ersten Bandes, zwanzigste Abtheilung, zweiter Theil.</em> (20) [(2)]: 1-236, pls 22-79. Nürnberg: Bauer & Raspe (publication dates: 1-24, pls 22-27 [1911]; 25-104, pls 28-44 [1912]; 105-200, pls 45-68 [1913]; 201-216, pls 69-76 [1914]; 217-236, pls 75-79 [1915])., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/34225446
page(s): 43, pl. 30a, figs 6-8 [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): 59, fig. 27c. [details] Available for editors [request]
original description (of Meladomus intortus var. hessei Kobelt, 1912) Kobelt, W. (1911-1915). Die Gattung Ampullaria. Neue Folge. In Abbildungen nach der Natur mit Beschreibungen. <em>In: Schuberth, G. H.; Wagner, J. A. Systematisches Conchylien-Cabinet von Martini und Chemnitz. Ersten Bandes, zwanzigste Abtheilung, zweiter Theil.</em> (20) [(2)]: 1-236, pls 22-79. Nürnberg: Bauer & Raspe (publication dates: 1-24, pls 22-27 [1911]; 25-104, pls 28-44 [1912]; 105-200, pls 45-68 [1913]; 201-216, pls 69-76 [1914]; 217-236, pls 75-79 [1915])., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/34225446
page(s): 43, pl. 30a, figs 6-8 [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): 59, fig. 27c. [details] Available for editors
[request]
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Distribution Gambia, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Lower Congo River [details]Type locality No locality given [details]
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