Ampullaria violacea, Valenciennes, 1833

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 : 818

violacea Valenciennes, 1833 , Ampullaria ( Fig. 7C )

Ampullaria violacea Valenciennes, 1833: 260 .

CURRENT TAXONOMIC STATUS. — Pomacea (Pomacea) . Synonym of Ampullaria flagellata Say, 1829 ( Cowie & Thiengo 2003: 77).

TYPE SPECIMEN. — Holotype MNHN 4530 , by monotypy ( ICZN 1999 b: art. 73.1.2).

TYPE LOCALITY. — “in sylvis Americae. (Nova Hispania.)” [ Mexico].

REMARKS

The single specimen corresponds well with the figure of Fischer & Crosse (1888[Atlas]: [explanation of] pl. 46, figs 4, 4a; 1890 [Tome 2]: 241), who considered it the “ type ”.

Figures

FIG. 7. — A, Ampullaria simplicula Mabille,1889,lectotype MNHN 4520, 29.1 mm;B, Lanistes ellipticus var.β trapeziformis Furtado,1886, lectotype MNHN 23089, 52.8 mm;C, Ampullaria violacea Valenciennes,1833,holotype MNHN 4530, 43.1 mm;D, Ampullaria virescens Deshayes in Bory de Saint-Vincent,1824,holotype MNHN 24513,54.7 mm (also lectotype of Ampullaria polita Deshayes,1830);E, Ampullaria wellesleyensis Morgan,1885,lectotype MNHN 24514, 34.1 mm; F, Lanistes zambesianus Furtado,1886,holotype MNHN 4525, 55.6 mm; G, Ampullaria zonata d’Orbigny, 1835, syntype MNHN 4523, 38.2 mm (also lectotype of Ampullaria spixii d’Orbigny, 1838).