Ampullaria decocta, Mabille, 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 : 801-802

decocta Mabille, 1887 , Ampullaria

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Ampullaria decocta Mabille, 1887a: 14 [ 1887b: 155].

CURRENT TAXONOMIC STATUS. — Pila . Valid species.

TYPE SPECIMENS. — Lectotype (here designated) MNHN 23078 (ex 4485); paralectotype MNHN 4485 .

TYPE LOCALITY. — “ Tonkin ” [in publication title] [“Tourane” ( MNHN 4485)] [ Vietnam].

REMARKS

There are no illustrations in the original description of this species. Therefore, of the two shells originally in MNHN 4485, we select as the lectotype, to stabilise the name, the undamaged one that also possesses an operculum.

Figures

FIG. 2. — A, Ampullaria castelnaudi Hupé, 1857, lectotype MNHN 23076, 103.9 mm; B, Ampullaria celebensis Quoy & Gaimard, 1834, lectotype MNHN 23077, 70.5 mm; C, Ampullaria chariensis Germain, 1905, lectotype MNHN 4478, 38.7 mm; D, Ampullaria columbiensis Reeve,1856,syntype MNHN 4480, 36.8 mm;E, Ampullaria cousini Jousseaume,1887,lectotype MNHN 4483, 43.0 mm; F, Ampullaria decocta Mabille, 1887, lectotype MNHN 23078, 29.7 mm; G, Ampullaria decussata Moricand, 1836, possible syntype MNHN 23079, 28.0 mm.