Lanistes graueri
Creators: name: Cowie, Robert H.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2015
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Mollusca
Gastropoda
Architaenioglossa
Ampullariidae
Lanistes
Lanistes graueri

description: graueri
Lanistes graueri Thiele, 1911: 210 –211, pl. 5, fig. 50. Type material — syntypes: ZMB 109536 (2 spms., teste Köhler & Glaubrecht (2006: 204)), SMF 7441 (1 spm.). Type locality —“Zentralafrika” [in publication title; eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo, between Uvira and Kasongo (ZMB syntype label; Kobelt 1912b: 39; Köhler & Glaubrecht 2006: 204)]. Distribution —eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo and possibly Tanzania (Brown, 1994: 66).
Remarks. The SMF specimen is not that figured by Thiele (R. Janssen pers. comm. 12 August 2014) but is the specimen illustrated by Kobelt (1911: pl. 26, figs. 8, 9). Possibly a variety (Thiele 1911: 214) or form (Pilsbry & Bequaert 1927: 201) of stuhlmanni Martens. Synonym of stuhlmanni Martens, teste Dupuis & Putzeys (1923: 79). Valid species, teste Kobelt (1912b: 38) and Brown (1980: 55, 1994: 66), followed here, who both placed it in Lanistes subg. Leroya.
gribinguiensis
Lanistes gribinguiensis Germain, 1905c: 487 [1907d: 534, pl. 5, fig. 15]. Type material —location unknown. Type locality —“Le Gribingui, dans l’Oubangui” [Gribingui River, Central African Republic]. Remarks. “Tschadsee” [Lake Chad] given in error as the locality by Kobelt (1909: 79), from the title of Germain’s publication. Synonym of nsendweensis Dupuis & Putzeys, teste Brown (1980: 50, 1994: 60).
guinaica
Ampullaria guinaica Lamarck, 1822a: 178. Type material — syntype (s): ZMUC GAS 289 (the specimen illustrated by Chemnitz, 1786: pl. 108, figs. 913, 914; as “ guinaica ”, unavailable), the specimen illustrated by Lamarck (1816: pl. 457, figs. 1a, b; as olivacea), these illustrations possibly being of the same specimen; possible syntypes: MHNG-INVE-51292 (formerly 1093/95) (2 spms., teste Y. Finet (pers. comm. 22 August 2002); see also Mermod (1952: 90)). Type locality —“dans les rivières de la Guinée ”.
Remarks. Reported from both Guinea and Nigeria by Nevill (1885: 14) and Dahomey [= Benin] by Germain (1918: 511, 513). Lamarck (1822a: 178) cited various previous works in his synonymy, and listed a number of available names derived from those publications: lusitanica Linnaeus, varica Müller and olivacea Lamarck. The oldest of these names is lusitanica Linnaeus, but this may not be an ampullariid (see lusitanica Linnaeus, herein), although guinaica Lamarck was synonymized with it by Paetel (1887: 479). Lamarck also cited Gualtieri (1742: pl. 2, fig. T) in synonymy, but questionably. Listed as “ guineensis, Chem.” by Adams & Adams (1854: 349). Valid species, teste G.B. Sowerby III (1916: 66). Synonym of varica Müller, teste Pilsbry & Bequaert (1927: 187), who noted that many authors had not adopted Müller’s earlier name, and, teste Brown (1980: 50, 1994: 60), followed here.
+ hessei
Meladomus (Lanistes) intortus var. hessei Kobelt, 1912b: 43, pl. 30a, figs. 6–8. Type material — syntypes: SMF 7446 (1 spm., figured), SMF 7447 (2 spms.). Type locality —“Kongomündung; bei Banana” [mouth of the Congo, near Banana]. Distribution —only known from the type locality.
description: Published as part of Cowie, Robert 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, pp. 1-92 in Zootaxa 3940 (1) on pages 17-18, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3940.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/288204