Ampullaria ovata, Olivier, 1804

Cowie, Robert H. & Héros, Virginie, 2012, Annotated catalogue of the types of Ampullariidae (Mollusca, Gastropoda) in the Muséum national d’Histoire naturelle, Paris, with lectotype designations, Zoosystema 34 (4), pp. 793-824 : 810

ovata Olivier, 1804 , Ampullaria

( Fig. 5E )

Ampullaria ovata Olivier, 1804a: 39 ; 1804b: 67; 1804c: vi [explication des planches], pl. 31, fig. 1.

CURRENT TAXONOMIC STATUS. — Pila . Valid species.

TYPE SPECIMEN. — Syntype MNHN 4513.

TYPE LOCALITY. — “lac Maréotis” [ Egypt].

REMARKS

There is no evidence that the two versions of the text and the Atlas were not published simultaneously (see Ampullaria carinata , above, for more explanation). It is therefore not possible to ascertain which constitutes the original description. The illustration is poor and it is not clear whether the shell is the actual specimen figured. We therefore refrain from designating a lectotype. The shell was also illlustrated by Tillier & Mordan (1983: pl. 5, fig. 1).

Figures

FIG. 5. — A, Lanistes neritoides Brown & Berthold, 1990, holotype MNHN 4515, 12.9 mm; B, Ampullaria neritoides d’Orbigny, 1835, probable syntype MNHN 4519, 97.2 mm; C, Afropomus balanoideus nimbae Binder, 1963, lectotype MNHN 4497, 18.8 mm; D, Ampullaria occlusa Crosse & Fischer in Fischer & Crosse, 1888, holotype MNHN 4514, 49.6 mm; E, Ampullaria ovata Olivier, 1804, syntype MNHN 4513, 64.3 mm; F, Ampullaria oviformis Deshayes, 1830, syntype MNHN 4512, 43.4 mm; G, Ampullaria perakensis Morgan,1885,lectotype MNHN 4511, 33.6 mm; H, Ampullaria peristomata d’Orbigny,1835,syntype MNHN 4509, 38.7 mm; I, Ampullaria pesmei Morlet, 1889, lectotype MNHN 4508, 30.2 mm.