MolluscaBase taxon details
original description
(of Nerita urceus O. F. Müller, 1774) Müller, O. F. (1774). Vermium terrestrium et fluviatilium, seu animalium infusorium, Helminthicorum, et testaceorum, non marinorum, succincta historia. vol 2: I-XXXVI, 1-214, 10 unnumbered pages. Havniae et Lipsiae, apud Heineck et Faber, ex officina Molleriana., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12893715 page(s): 174 [details]
original description
(of Ampullaria rugosa Valenciennes, 1827) Valenciennes, A. (1827 [?]). Coquilles univalves terrestres et fluviatiles, rapportées par MM. de Humboldt et A. Bonpland. <em>Recueil d'observations de zoologie et d'anatomie comparée: faites dans l'océan atlantique, dans l'intérieur du nouveau continent et dans la mer du sud pendant les années 1799, 1800, 1801, 1802 et 1803.</em> Vol. 2: 238-261., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30021568 page(s): 257 [details]
original description
(of Ampullaria dolium R. A. Philippi, 1852) 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): 40, pl. 11, fig. 1 [details]
original description
(of Ampullaria purpurascens Guppy, 1864) Guppy, R. J. L. (1864). Descriptions of new species of fluviatile and terrestrial operculate Mollusca from Trinidad. <em>The Annals and Magazine of Natural History, 3rd series.</em> 14: 243-248., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15623690 page(s): 243-244 [details]
additional source
Simone, L. R. L. (2006). <i>Land and Freshwater Molluscs of Brazil</i>. Editora Gráfica Bernardi, FAPESP. São Paulo, 390 pp. page(s): 62 [details]
additional source
Burky, K. A. & Burky, A. J. (1977). Buoyancy changes as related to respiratory behavior in an amphibious snail, <i>Pomacea urceus</i> (Müller), from Venezuela. <em>The Nautilus.</em> 91(3): 97-104, figs. 1-5., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8273617 [details]
identification resource
Pointier J.P. (ed.). (2015). <i>Freshwater molluscs of Venezuela and their medical and veterinary importance</i>. Harxheim: ConchBooks. 228 pp. [details]
From editor or global species database
Type locality "in insulis Indiae", without a precise locality [details]
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