Ampullaria physis, Hupe, 1857

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 : 813

physis Hupé, 1857 , Ampullaria

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Ampullaria physis Hupé, 1857: 67 , pl. 12, fig. 2 [two figs].

CURRENT TAXONOMIC STATUS. — Pomacea (Pomacea) . Synonym of Helix lineata Spix in Wagner, 1827 (see Remarks).

TYPE SPECIMENS. — Lectotype (here designated) MNHN 23084 (ex 4507); paralectotypes MNHN 4507 (1 spm), 23085 (2 spms).

TYPE LOCALITY. — “le fleuve des Amazones” [“ Paraguay ” ( MNHN 4507)].

REMARKS

All the labels say “ Paraguay ”, but Hupé wrote “le fleuve des Amazones”; to ascertain which is correct requires further research. Hupé gave only one set of measurements but did not explicitly state that the description was based on a single shell. The largest shell is clearly the shell illustrated and corresponds to the measurements given. On this basis we here designate this specimen as the lectotype, to stabilise the name, the other specimens becoming paralectotypes. Hupé suggested that it is very close to Ampullaria canaliculata Lamarck, 1822 . Cowie & Thiengo (2003) listed it as a synonym of Helix lineata Spix in Wagner, 1827, but on the basis of the locality it may instead be a synonym of Ampullaria dolioides Reeve, 1856 (K. A. Hayes pers. comm., 29 May 2010), a possibility that requires further research.

Figures

FIG. 6. — A, Ampullaria physis Hupé,1857,lectotype MNHN 23084, 41.4 mm; B, Ampullaria prunella Hupé,1857,syntype MNHN 4620, 25.7 mm; C, Ampullaria puntaplaya Cousin, 1887, lectotype MNHN 4622, 35.6 mm; D, Ampullaria pygmaea Récluz, 1851, syntype MNHN 4623, 7.0 mm; E, Meladomus pyramidalis Bourguignat,1879,syntype MNHN 4624, 42.5 mm; F, Ampullaria reyrei Cousin,1887, possible syntype MNHN 23087, 60.3 mm; G, Ampullaria scalaris d’Orbigny, 1835, lectotype MNHN 23088, 48.9 mm; H, Ampullaria schrammi Crosse, 1876, lectotype MNHN 4630, 41.7 mm.