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Pomacea (Limnopomus) meridaensis Pain, 1950

Gastropoda : Viviparoidea : Ampullariidae
Current Name: Pomacea (Pomacea) camena (Pain, 1949)
Cowie, R. H. & Thiengo, S. C. 2003
Type Status: Holotype
Collection: T. Pain
Accession No.: NMW.Z.1981.118.00109
Preparations: Dry shells
No. of Specimens: 1
Locality: Merida, Venezuela
Collecting Details: (ex.Coll.) Alderson

References


Reference
Citation
Reference available
Alderson, E. G. 1925. Studies in Ampullaria. W. Heffer & Sons Ltd, Cambridge, London. i-xx, 1-102pp; pls 1-19 [52-54; pl. 11, fig. 7] Cited
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Pain, T. 1950. A new species of Pomacea (Limnopomus) from Venezuela. Journal of Conchology. 23: 109-111. [109-111] 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. [69] Cited
Current Name
Verdcourt, B., Wood, A. H. & Rowson, B. 2004. Obituary: Thomas Pain. Journal of Conchology. 38(2): 179-191; figs 1-21. [188; fig. 2] Cited
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Detailed Locality

Verbatim Locality
Merida, Venezuela
Point Locality: Merida,
Country: Venezuela
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Ex. Collection: Alderson
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Classification

Kingdom
Phylum
Class
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Superfamily
Family
Animalia Mollusca Gastropoda
Subclass: Prosobranchia
Mesogastropoda Viviparoidea Ampullariidae

Remarks

Paratypes:-
NMW Z 1981.118.00110 (3 spec.);
MMUM EE.3638 (1 spec.)

Record last modified - 27/06/2018