Meladomus bloyeti

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 : 13-14

bloyeti

Meladomus bloyeti Bourguignat, 1889: 171 . Type material — lectotype ( Cowie & Héros 2012: 797 ): MNHN 4501; paralectotype: MHNG-INVE-11674 (1 spm.). Type locality —“Cours d’eau aux environs de Kondoa (Ousaghara)” [Watercourses around Kondoa (Ousaghara), Tanzania]. Distribution —no additional information.

Remarks. Variety of purpurea Jonas , teste Martens (1897a: 164) and Kobelt (1909: 79). Synonym of olivacea G.B. Sowerby I , teste G.B. Sowerby III (1916: 68). Valid species, teste Kobelt (1911: 18), Pilsbry & Bequaert (1927: 194) and Cowie & Héros (2012: 797) , followed here.

+ boettgeri

Meladomus boettgeri Kobelt, 1912a: 7 –8 [1912b: 41, pl. 30, figs. 9, 10]. Type material — syntypes: SMF 7457 (1 spm.), SMF 7458 (1 spm.). Type locality —“ Gabun ” [ Gabon]. Distribution —no additional information. Remarks. For discussion of dates of publication of Kobelt (1912a) and Kobelt (1912b) see assiniensis Kobelt and the reference list . Variety of libycus Morelet , teste Kobelt (1912b: 41), followed here.

bolteniana

Ampullaria bolteniana Deshayes & Milne Edwards, 1838: 537 [name made available by bibliographic reference to Chemnitz (1786: 89, pl. 109, figs. 921, 922) (Code, Art. 11.5)]. Type material — holotype [by monotypy]: the shell illustrated by Chemnitz, location unknown, from the Bolten collection [not found in ZIN (see also Martynov 2002) or ZMUC]. Type locality —[no locality given].

Remarks. See also Roth (1839: 26), who treated bolteniana “Chemnitz” as the valid name for carinata Olivier , by bibliographic reference to Olivier (1804a: 38 [4o edition], 1804c: pl. 31, fig. 1 [error]), Deshayes & Milne Edwards (1838: 537; as “Lamarck”) and the illustrations of Savigny (1817, pl. 2, figs. 31.1–5) combined with their explanations by Audouin (1826: 33). Also made available by Jay (1850: 281) and Adams & Adams (1854: 349, pl. 37, figs. 5, 5a, b). Valid species, teste Germain (1907b: 116). Synonym of carinata Olivier , teste Philippi (1851: 23), Bourguignat (1864: 81), Nevill (1885: 13), Kobelt (1911: 19), Pilsbry & Bequaert (1927: 186) and Brown (1980: 49, 1994: 59). Some authors have used bolteni as the name of this taxon, though giving the author as “Chemnitz” (e.g. Mayer-Eymar 1900: 120, 1901: 23; Pallary 1909: 61). Such instances are here treated as incorrect subsequent spellings (and therefore unavailable) rather than emendations (Code, Art. 33.5).

bourguignati

Leroya bourguignati Grandidier, 1887: 192 . Type material —location unknown [not found in MNHN (cf. Dance 1986: 213)]. Type locality —“bassin du Kyngani ou celui du Vouami” [in final paragraph of publication; Kingani (= Ruvu) or Wami river basins, Tanzania].

Remarks. Illustrated by Bourguignat (1888: pl. 6, fig. 2). Variety of farleri Craven , teste Kobelt (1909: 79; as “ farleyi ”). Valid species, teste Kobelt (1912b: 36). Synonym of farleri Craven , teste Germain (1916: 324–325) and Brown (1980: 54), followed here, though only tentatively synonymized by Brown (1994: 65).

bourguignoni

Lanistes Bourguignoni Putzeys, 1898 a: xxiii. Type material — syntypes: RBINS MT 2039 (1 spm.). Type locality —“Embouchure de la Luima” [mouth of the Luima]; “L’état indépendant du Congo ” [in publication title; = Democratic Republic of the Congo].

Remarks. Valid species, teste G.B. Sowerby III (1916: 66). Synonym of congicus Boettger , teste Pilsbry & Bequaert (1927: 188), Mandahl-Barth (1968: 31) and Brown (1980: 50), followed here. Type species of Leroya Grandidier , here treated as a synonym of Lanistes Montfort.

bulimoides

Meladomus bulimoïdes Swainson, 1840: 340 . Type material —location unknown. Type locality —“ China?” [error].

Remarks. Synonym of olivacea G.B. Sowerby I , teste G.B. Sowerby III (1916: 68) and Connolly (1939: 556), and of purpurea Jonas , teste Kobelt (1911: 4) and Pilsbry & Bequaert (1927: 194–195), followed here. Type species of Meladomus Swainson , here treated as a synonym of Lanistes Montfort.