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Lanistes pilsbryi B. Walker, 1925
848978 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:848978)
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Walker, B. (1925). New species of freshwater operculates. <em>The Nautilus.</em> 39(1): 5-8., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8524632
page(s): 5-6, pl. 1, fig. 1 [details]
page(s): 5-6, pl. 1, fig. 1 [details]
Note Cameroon, So River, Ebolowa
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Type locality Cameroon, So River, Ebolowa [details]
Etymology Named for the American malacologist, Henry Augustus Pilsbry (1862-1957) of The Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia.
Etymology Named for the American malacologist, Henry Augustus Pilsbry (1862-1957) of The Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia. [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Lanistes pilsbryi B. Walker, 1925. Accessed at: https://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=848978 on 2025-09-11
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Walker, B. (1925). New species of freshwater operculates. <em>The Nautilus.</em> 39(1): 5-8., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8524632
page(s): 5-6, pl. 1, fig. 1 [details]
basis of record 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
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page(s): 5-6, pl. 1, fig. 1 [details]
basis of record 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
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Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
