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Pila Röding, 1798
737455 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:737455)
accepted
Genus
Helix ampullacea Linnaeus, 1758 accepted as Pila ampullacea (Linnaeus, 1758) (type by subsequent designation)
Ampullaria Lamarck, 1799 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Ampullaria (Pachylabra) Swainson, 1840 · unaccepted (original rank)
Ampullaria (Pomus) Gray, 1847 · unaccepted (unaccepted combination)
Ampullarius Montfort, 1810 · unaccepted (invalid: unjustified emendation...)
invalid: unjustified emendation of Ampullaria
Ampullarius (Ampullarius) Montfort, 1810 · unaccepted (invalid: unjustified emendation...)
invalid: unjustified emendation to Ampullaria Lamarck, 1799
Ampullopsis Repelin, 1902 † · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Pachychilus R. A. Philippi, 1851 · unaccepted > unjustified emendation (unjustified emendation of...)
unjustified emendation of Pachylabra
Pachylabra Swainson, 1840 · unaccepted (unnecessary nom. nov. pro...)
unnecessary nom. nov. pro Pachystoma Guilding, 1828
Pachystoma Guilding, 1828 · unaccepted
Pila (Turbinicola) Annandale & Prashad, 1921 · unaccepted
Pomus Gray, 1847 · unaccepted > junior objective synonym
Turbinicola Annandale & Prashad, 1921 · unaccepted
- Species Pila africana (E. von Martens, 1886)
- Species Pila ampullacea (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Species Pila assermoensis (Jodot, 1953) †
- Species Pila bruguieri (Deshayes, 1830)
- Species Pila busserti Harzhauser & Neubauer, 2017 †
- Species Pila cecillei (R. A. Philippi, 1849)
- Species Pila celebensis (Quoy & Gaimard, 1834)
- Species Pila colchesteri L. R. Cox, 1933 †
- Species Pila decocta (Mabille, 1887)
- Species Pila falloti (Jodot, 1953) †
- Species Pila faujasii (de Serres, 1829) †
- Species Pila fukamiensis Iwasaki, 1980 †
- Species Pila gauthieri (Jodot, 1953) †
- Species Pila globosa (Swainson, 1822)
- Species Pila gracilis (I. Lea, 1856)
- Species Pila lapparenti (J.-C. Fischer, 1963) †
- Species Pila mizoramensis Sil, Basak, Karanth & Aravind, 2021
- Species Pila mutungi Van Damme & Pickford, 1995 †
- Species Pila neuberti Harzhauser & Neubauer, 2016 †
- Species Pila nevilliana (Annandale & Prashad, 1921)
- Species Pila nipponica T. Kobayashi & K. Suzuki, 1937 †
- Species Pila occidentalis (Mousson, 1888)
- Species Pila olea (Reeve, 1856)
- Species Pila ovata (Olivier, 1804)
- Species Pila pesmei (Morlet, 1889)
- Species Pila pygmaea (Récluz, 1851)
- Species Pila robsoni Prashad, 1925
- Species Pila saxea (Reeve, 1856)
- Species Pila scutata (Mousson, 1848)
- Species Pila speciosa (R. A. Philippi, 1849)
- Species Pila tikarkasensis (J.-C. Fischer, 1963) †
- Species Pila turbinis (I. Lea, 1856)
- Species Pila virens (Lamarck, 1822)
- Species Pila virescens (Deshayes, 1824)
- Species Pila wernei (R. A. Philippi, 1851)
- Subgenus Pila (Turbinicola) Annandale & Prashad, 1921 accepted as Pila Röding, 1798
- Species Pila (Turbinicola) nipponica T. Kobayashi & K. Suzuki, 1937 † accepted as Pila nipponica T. Kobayashi & K. Suzuki, 1937 † (subgenus not accepted)
- Species Pila aldersoni Pain, 1946 accepted as Pomacea aldersoni (Pain, 1946) (original combination)
- Species Pila angelica (Annandale, 1920) accepted as Pila celebensis (Quoy & Gaimard, 1834)
- Species Pila conica (W. Wood, 1828) accepted as Pila scutata (Mousson, 1848) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Species Pila gradata (E. A. Smith, 1881) accepted as Pila ovata (Olivier, 1804)
- Species Pila hollingsworthi Pain, 1946 accepted as Pomacea hollingsworthi (Pain, 1946) (original combination)
- Species Pila polita (Deshayes, 1830) accepted as Pila virescens (Deshayes, 1824)
- Species Pila scutala [sic] accepted as Pila scutata (Mousson, 1848) (unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect subsequent spelling)
- Species Pila selvensis (L. M. Vidal, 1917) † accepted as Selvovum selvense (L. M. Vidal, 1917) † (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Pila congoensis Pilsbry & Bequaert, 1927 (uncertain > taxon inquirendum)
- Species Pila huberi Thach, 2020 (uncertain > taxon inquirendum, debated synonym)
- Species Pila microglypta Pilsbry & Bequaert, 1927 (uncertain > taxon inquirendum)
- Species Pila pisum (Coquand, 1860) † (uncertain > taxon inquirendum)
- Species Pila theobaldi (Hanley, 1876) (uncertain > taxon inquirendum)
Röding, P. F. (1798). Museum Boltenianum sive Catalogus cimeliorum e tribus regnis naturæ quæ olim collegerat Joa. Fried Bolten, M. D. p. d. per XL. annos proto physicus Hamburgensis. Pars secunda continens Conchylia sive Testacea univalvia, bivalvia & multivalvia. Trapp, Hamburg, viii + 199 pp., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16230659 [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Pila Röding, 1798. Accessed at: http://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=737455 on 2025-09-10
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original description
Röding, P. F. (1798). Museum Boltenianum sive Catalogus cimeliorum e tribus regnis naturæ quæ olim collegerat Joa. Fried Bolten, M. D. p. d. per XL. annos proto physicus Hamburgensis. Pars secunda continens Conchylia sive Testacea univalvia, bivalvia & multivalvia. Trapp, Hamburg, viii + 199 pp., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16230659 [details]
original description (of Ampullarius Montfort, 1810) Montfort P. [Denys de]. (1808-1810). Conchyliologie systématique et classification méthodique des coquilles. <em>Paris: Schoell.</em> Vol. 1: pp. lxxxvii + 409 [1808]. Vol. 2: pp. 676 + 16 [1810 (before 28 May)]., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/10571
page(s): 242 [details]
original description (of Ampullaria Lamarck, 1799) Lamarck, J.B.M. (1799). Prodrome d'une nouvelle classification des coquilles, comprenant une rédaction appropriée des caractères géneriques, et l'établissement d'un grand nombre de genres nouveaux. <em>Mémoires de la Société d'Histoire Naturelle de Paris.</em> 1: 63-91., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13585626
page(s): 76 [details]
original description (of Pachystoma Guilding, 1828) Guilding, I. (1828). Observations on the zoology of the Caribbean Islands. <em>The Zoological Journal.</em> 3: 527-544., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/27486053
page(s): 536, 539 [details]
original description (of Pachychilus R. A. Philippi, 1851) Philippi, R. A. (1851-1852). Die Gattung <i>Ampullaria</i>. In Abbildungen nach der Natur mit Beschreibungen. <em>In: Schuberth, G. H.; Wagner, J. A., Eds. Systematisches Conchylien-Cabinet von Martini und Chemnitz. Neu herausgegeben und vervollständigt. Ersten Bandes zwanzigste Abtheilung.</em> 1-74, pls A, 1-21. Nürnberg: Bauer & Raspe (publication dates: pls A, 1-5 [1851]; 25-74, pls 6-21 [1852])., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/34225424
page(s): 7 [details]
original description (of Pomus Gray, 1847) Gray, J. E. (1847). A list of the genera of recent Mollusca, their synonyma and types. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> (1847) 15: 129-219. [November 1847]., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12862913
page(s): 148 [details]
original description (of Turbinicola Annandale & Prashad, 1921) Annandale, T. N. & Prashad, B. (1921). Materials for a generic revision of the freshwater gastropod molluscs of the Indian Empire. No. 4. The Indian Ampullariidae. <em>Records of the Indian Museum.</em> 22(1): 7–12., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11201530
page(s): 9 [details]
original description (of Ampullaria (Pachylabra) Swainson, 1840) Swainson, W. (1840). A treatise on malacology; or the natural classification of shells and shell-fish. Longman, London, viii + 419 pp., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/33450
page(s): 339 [details]
original description (of Ampullopsis Repelin, 1902 †) Repelin, J. (1902). Description des faunes et des gisements du Cénomanien saumâtre ou d'eau douce du Midi de la France. <em>Annales du Musée d'histoire naturelle de Marseille. Section de Géologie.</em> 7: 1-133., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11806897
page(s): 90-91 [details]
basis of record Cowie, R. H. & Thiengo, S. C. (2003). The apple snails of the Americas (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Ampullariidae: <i>Asolene, Felipponea, Marisa, Pomacea, Pomella</i>): A nomenclatural and type catalog. <em>Malacologia.</em> 45(1): 41-100., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25129402 [details]
additional source Cowie, R. H. (2015). The recent apple snails of Africa and Asia (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Ampullariidae: <i>Afropomus, Forbesopomus, Lanistes, Pila, Saulea</i>): a nomenclatural and type catalogue. The apple snails of the Americas: addenda and corrigenda. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 3940(1): 1-92., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.3940.1.1 [details] Available for editors
[request]
additional source Benson, W. H. (1829). Description of the animal of <i>Ampullaria</i>, a genus of freshwater Testacea, with a notice of two species inhabiting the freshwaters of the Gangetic Provinces. <em>Gleanings in Science.</em> 1(2): 52-54., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/51778400#page/76/mode/1up [details]
additional source Tonapi, G. T. & Mulherkar, L. (1963). On the freshwater molluscs of Poona. <em>Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society.</em> 60(1): 104-120, pls. 1-6., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/48053235
page(s): 107-108, pl. 1, figs. 5-6; note: 2 undetermined species [details]
original description (of Ampullarius Montfort, 1810) Montfort P. [Denys de]. (1808-1810). Conchyliologie systématique et classification méthodique des coquilles. <em>Paris: Schoell.</em> Vol. 1: pp. lxxxvii + 409 [1808]. Vol. 2: pp. 676 + 16 [1810 (before 28 May)]., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/10571
page(s): 242 [details]
original description (of Ampullaria Lamarck, 1799) Lamarck, J.B.M. (1799). Prodrome d'une nouvelle classification des coquilles, comprenant une rédaction appropriée des caractères géneriques, et l'établissement d'un grand nombre de genres nouveaux. <em>Mémoires de la Société d'Histoire Naturelle de Paris.</em> 1: 63-91., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13585626
page(s): 76 [details]
original description (of Pachystoma Guilding, 1828) Guilding, I. (1828). Observations on the zoology of the Caribbean Islands. <em>The Zoological Journal.</em> 3: 527-544., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/27486053
page(s): 536, 539 [details]
original description (of Pachychilus R. A. Philippi, 1851) Philippi, R. A. (1851-1852). Die Gattung <i>Ampullaria</i>. In Abbildungen nach der Natur mit Beschreibungen. <em>In: Schuberth, G. H.; Wagner, J. A., Eds. Systematisches Conchylien-Cabinet von Martini und Chemnitz. Neu herausgegeben und vervollständigt. Ersten Bandes zwanzigste Abtheilung.</em> 1-74, pls A, 1-21. Nürnberg: Bauer & Raspe (publication dates: pls A, 1-5 [1851]; 25-74, pls 6-21 [1852])., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/34225424
page(s): 7 [details]
original description (of Pomus Gray, 1847) Gray, J. E. (1847). A list of the genera of recent Mollusca, their synonyma and types. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> (1847) 15: 129-219. [November 1847]., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12862913
page(s): 148 [details]
original description (of Turbinicola Annandale & Prashad, 1921) Annandale, T. N. & Prashad, B. (1921). Materials for a generic revision of the freshwater gastropod molluscs of the Indian Empire. No. 4. The Indian Ampullariidae. <em>Records of the Indian Museum.</em> 22(1): 7–12., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11201530
page(s): 9 [details]
original description (of Ampullaria (Pachylabra) Swainson, 1840) Swainson, W. (1840). A treatise on malacology; or the natural classification of shells and shell-fish. Longman, London, viii + 419 pp., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/33450
page(s): 339 [details]
original description (of Ampullopsis Repelin, 1902 †) Repelin, J. (1902). Description des faunes et des gisements du Cénomanien saumâtre ou d'eau douce du Midi de la France. <em>Annales du Musée d'histoire naturelle de Marseille. Section de Géologie.</em> 7: 1-133., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11806897
page(s): 90-91 [details]
basis of record Cowie, R. H. & Thiengo, S. C. (2003). The apple snails of the Americas (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Ampullariidae: <i>Asolene, Felipponea, Marisa, Pomacea, Pomella</i>): A nomenclatural and type catalog. <em>Malacologia.</em> 45(1): 41-100., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25129402 [details]
additional source Cowie, R. H. (2015). The recent apple snails of Africa and Asia (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Ampullariidae: <i>Afropomus, Forbesopomus, Lanistes, Pila, Saulea</i>): a nomenclatural and type catalogue. The apple snails of the Americas: addenda and corrigenda. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 3940(1): 1-92., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.3940.1.1 [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Benson, W. H. (1829). Description of the animal of <i>Ampullaria</i>, a genus of freshwater Testacea, with a notice of two species inhabiting the freshwaters of the Gangetic Provinces. <em>Gleanings in Science.</em> 1(2): 52-54., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/51778400#page/76/mode/1up [details]
additional source Tonapi, G. T. & Mulherkar, L. (1963). On the freshwater molluscs of Poona. <em>Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society.</em> 60(1): 104-120, pls. 1-6., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/48053235
page(s): 107-108, pl. 1, figs. 5-6; note: 2 undetermined species [details]
