Ampullaria reyrei, Cousin, 1887

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 : 816-817

reyrei Cousin, 1887 , Ampullaria

( Fig. 6F )

Ampullaria reyrei Cousin, 1887: 279 , pl. 4, fig. 7.

CURRENT TAXONOMIC STATUS. — Pomacea (Pomacea) . Valid species.

TYPE SPECIMEN. — Possible syntype MNHN 23087. TYPE LOCALITY. — Napo [ Ecuador].

REMARKS

Cousin gave his collection to Jousseaume ( Cousin 1887: 187; Jousseaume 1887: 165). The shell is from Jousseaume’s collection. However, it is larger than the dimensions given by Cousin and it does not correspond closely with his illustration.Nevertheless, we consider that it may be a syntype.

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.