Meladomus fultoni

Cowie, Robert H., 2015, The recent apple snails of Africa and Asia (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Ampullariidae: Afropomus, Forbesopomus, Lanistes, Pila, Saulea): a nomenclatural and type catalogue. The apple snails of the Americas: addenda and corrigenda, Zootaxa 3940 (1), pp. 1-92 : 17

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.3940.1.1
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DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5173284
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scientific name	Meladomus fultoni
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fultoni View in CoL

Meladomus (Lanistes) fultoni Kobelt, 1912a: 6 View in CoL [1912b: 28, pl. 27, figs. 1, 2]. 28. Type material — holotype [by monotypy]: SMF 7444. Type locality —“Victoria Nyanza” [Lake Victoria]. Distribution —Lake Victoria.

Remarks. The original description was based on a single specimen received from Sowerby and Fulton, which is the holotype by monotypy (Code, Art. 73.1.2). The specimen matches the illustration of Kobelt (1912b: pl. 27, figs. 1, 2). Valid species, teste Pilsbry & Bequaert (1927: 186).