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Ampullaria georgii Williams, 1889

Gastropoda : Viviparoidea : Ampullariidae
Current Name: Pomacea insularum d' Orbigny, 1835
Cowie, R. H. & Thiengo, S. C. 2003
Type Status: Holotype
Collection: T. Pain
Accession No.: NMW.Z.1981.118.04720
Preparations: Dry shells
No. of Specimens: 2
Locality: Marshes near La Plata, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Collecting Details: October 1888, W. D. George, (ex.Coll.) J. W. Williams

References


Reference
Citation
Reference available
Williams, J. W. 1889. Note on a new species of Ampullaria from the La Plata. Annals and Magazine of Natural History. Series 6, 4(19): 47-49. [47] Cited
Original Description
Type Designation

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Cowie, R. H. & Thiengo, S. C. 2003. The Apple Snails of the Americas (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Ampullariidae: Asolene, Felipponea, Marisa, Pomacea, Pomella): A Nomenclatural and Type Catalog. Malacologia. 45(1): 41-100. Current Name

Detailed Locality

Verbatim Locality
Label: Buenos Ayres, La Plata.
Text: “Marshes near the La Plata, at Buenos Ayres, in the Argentine Republic”
Point Locality: Marshes near La Plata,
Country: Argentina
Station:
Grid ref./Coordinates:
Region: Buenos Aires,
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Expedition:
Ex. Collection: J. W. Williams
Collecting date: October 1888
Collected by: W. D. George

Classification

Kingdom
Phylum
Class
Order
Superfamily
Family
Animalia Mollusca Gastropoda
Subclass: Prosobranchia
Mesogastropoda Viviparoidea Ampullariidae
Record last modified - 27/06/2018