original descriptionSchepman, M. M. (1891). On a new species of <i>Lanistes</i>. <em>Notes from the Leyden Museum.</em> 13: 111–112., available online athttps://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/9642022 page(s): 111, pl. 8, figs. 1a–c [details]
original description(ofLanistes bourguignoni Putzeys, 1899)Putzeys, S. (1899). Diagnoses de quelques coquilles nouvelles provenant de l'état indépendant du Congo. <em>Annales de la Societe Royal Malacologique de Belgique.</em> 33: 22-25, 82-85 [published 15 December 1899; see Breure & Backhuys, 2021: 141]., available online athttps://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/41174391 page(s): 23, text figs 9-11 [details]
original description(ofLanistes congicus fraternus Pilsbry & Bequaert, 1927)Pilsbry, H. A. & Bequaert, J. C. (1927). The aquatic mollusks of the Belgian Congo: with a geographical and ecological account of Congo malacology. <em>Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History.</em> 53: 69-602., available online athttp://hdl.handle.net/2246/975 page(s): 189, pl. 18, fig. 16 [details] Available for editors [request]
basis of recordCowie, 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 athttps://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.3940.1.1[details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
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Distribution Northern Angola, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Republic of the Congo [details] Type locality “near the village Elau, on 2 days journey from San Salvador, Congo” [details]