Ampullaria begini, Morlet, 1889

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 : 797

begini Morlet, 1889 , Ampullaria

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Ampullaria begini Morlet, 1889: 184 , 185, pl. 8, fig. 1.

CURRENT TAXONOMIC STATUS. — Pila . Valid species.

TYPE SPECIMEN. — Probable syntype MNHN 4499.

TYPE LOCALITY. — “Le Mékong et dans tout le Cambodge ”.

REMARKS

The original description was based on more than one specimen [“chez les individus bien conservés”], although only one set of measurements was given. The single specimen is much smaller than the dimensions given and does not match the original illustration, so we refrain from designating it as the lectotype. However, its presence in the type collection of the Journal de Conchyliologie indicates that it is probably a syntype.

Figures

FIG. 1. — A, Ampullaria aulanieri Deville & Huppé,1850,lectotype MNHN 23072, 48.2 mm;B, Ampullaria baeri Dautzenberg,1902,lectotype MNHN 4493, 27.0 mm; C, Ampullaria begini Morlet, 1889,syntype MNHN 4499, 21.4 mm; D, Ampullaria belizensis Crosse & Fischer in Fischer & Crosse, 1888, holotype MNHN 5139, 61.8 mm; E, Meladomus bloyeti Bourguignat, 1889, lectotype MNHN 4501, 63.3 mm; F, Ampullaria bruguieri Deshayes, 1830, lectotype MNHN 23074, 72.1 mm; G, Ampullaria carinata Olivier, 1804, lectotype MNHN 23075, 28.5 mm; H, Ampullaria castanea Deshayes, 1830, lectotype MNHN 4710, 42.2 mm.