MolluscaBase name details
Lanistes (Meladomus) ovum mweruensis Pain, 1954
848964 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:848964)
unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Subspecies
recent only
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): 3 [details]
page(s): 3 [details]
Type locality contained in Congo
type locality contained in Congo [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Lanistes (Meladomus) ovum mweruensis Pain, 1954. Accessed at: https://molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=848964 on 2025-05-18
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original description
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): 3 [details]
source of synonymy 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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page(s): 3 [details]
source of synonymy 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
