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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 2025-09-11
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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]
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Ampullaria) (from synonym Ampullaria Lamarck, 1799)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Pachychilus) (from synonym Pachychilus R. A. Philippi, 1851)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Pachystoma) (from synonym Pachystoma Guilding, 1828)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Pila)
To Genbank (from synonym Ampullaria Lamarck, 1799)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Pachychilus) (from synonym Pachychilus R. A. Philippi, 1851)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Pachystoma) (from synonym Pachystoma Guilding, 1828)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Pila)
To Genbank (from synonym Ampullaria Lamarck, 1799)
