Ampullaria zonata, d'Orbigny, 1835

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 : 819-820

zonata d’Orbigny, 1835 , Ampullaria

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Ampullaria zonata d’Orbigny, 1835a: 32 [1838: 376, pl. 52, figs 7, 8].

CURRENT TAXONOMIC STATUS. — Asolene . Junior primary homonym of Ampullaria zonata Spix in Wagner, 1827; replaced by Ampullaria spixii d’Orbigny, 1838 . Synonym of Ampullaria spixii d’Orbigny, 1838 (see Remarks).

TYPE SPECIMENS. — Syntypes MNHN 4523 (3 spms), 4524 (5 spms).

TYPE LOCALITY. — “Rio Parana ( republica Argentina) […] Lacubus provinciae Corrientes ( republica Argentina)” [“ Bolivie ” ( MNHN 4523), “Rio Securi” ( MNHN 4524)].

REMARKS

These specimens have a wide umbilicus, as stated in the original description and as illustrated by d’Orbigny (1838: pl. 52, figs 7, 8). However, all the illustrations on pl. 52 seem to be of rather tall shells, perhaps simply not very accurate illustrations. The present specimens are very similar to the lower-spired of the syntypes of Ampullaria peristomata d’Orbigny, 1835 (MNHN 4509), but the shells of neither species correspond well with the illustrations. As a junior homonym replaced by Ampullaria spixii d’Orbigny, 1838 , Ampullaria zonata d’Orbigny, 1835 is an objective synonym of Ampullaria spixii , and they have the same name-bearing type (ICZN 1999b: art. 72.7).

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).