Ampullaria decocta

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 : 34

decocta

Ampullaria decocta Mabille, 1887a: 14 . Type material — lectotype ( Cowie & Héros 2012: 801 ): MNHN 23078 (ex 4485); paralectotype: MNHN 4485. Type locality —“ Tonkin ” [in publication title] [“Tourane” (MNHN 4485)]. Distribution —no additional information.

Remarks. Also described subsequently by Mabille (1887b: 155). Valid species, teste G.B. Sowerby III (1910: 58) and Cowie & Héros (2012: 801, in Pila ).

dewulfi

Pila dewulfi Bequaert & Clench, 1933: 71 , pl. 5, figs. 1–13. Type material — holotype [by original designation]: MCZ 92101; paratypes: ANSP 161780 (5 spms.), MCZ 92102 (22 spms.), MRAC 36607 (3 spms.), MRAC 36610 (2 spms.), NHMUK 1947.8.15.2 (1 spm.), NMW.Z.1981.118.00123 (2 spms.), NMW.Z.1981.118.02908 (1 spm), SMF 6317 (2 spms.), SMF 7883 (2 spms.), UMMZ 56083 (4 spms.). Type locality —“Inkisi River near Kisantu, Belgian Congo ” [ Democratic Republic of the Congo]

Remarks. Form of ovata Olivier , teste Brown (1980: 45), though not mentioned by Brown (1994: 54). Synonym of wernei Philippi , teste Pain (1961: 18), followed here.