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Achatina bandeirana Morelet, 1866
1293589 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1293589)
accepted
Species
Achatina bandeirana capacior C. R. Boettger, 1927 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Callistoplepa tiara Preston, 1909 · unaccepted (junior synonym)
- Subspecies Achatina bandeirana arenaria Crowley & Pain, 1961
- Subspecies Achatina bandeirana mayumbensis Crowley & Pain, 1961
- Subspecies Achatina bandeirana capacior C. R. Boettger, 1927 accepted as Achatina bandeirana Morelet, 1866 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
Morelet, A. (1866). Coquilles nouvelles recueillies par le Dr Fr. Welwitsch dans l'Afrique équatoriale, et particulièrement dans les provinces portugaises d'Angola et de Benguella. <em>Journal de conchyliologie.</em> 14 (2): 153-163., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15667391
page(s): 156. [details]
page(s): 156. [details]
Type locality contained in Angola
type locality contained in Angola [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Achatina bandeirana Morelet, 1866. Accessed at: https://molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1293589 on 2025-07-15
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original description
Morelet, A. (1866). Coquilles nouvelles recueillies par le Dr Fr. Welwitsch dans l'Afrique équatoriale, et particulièrement dans les provinces portugaises d'Angola et de Benguella. <em>Journal de conchyliologie.</em> 14 (2): 153-163., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15667391
page(s): 156. [details]
original description (of Callistoplepa tiara Preston, 1909) Preston, H. B. (1909). Descriptions of seventeen new species and varieties of land and freshwater shells from East and West Africa and the Transvaal. <em>The Annals and Magazine of Natural History.</em> (8) 3 (14): 180-187, pl. 7. London. [1 February]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/22071535
page(s): 183, pl. 7, fig. 9. [details]
original description (of Achatina bandeirana capacior C. R. Boettger, 1927) Boettger, C.R. (1927). Die von der Zweiten Deutschen Zentral-Afrika-Expedition 1910-1911 mitgebrachten Land- und Süßwasserschnecken. <em>Abhandlungen herausgegeben von der Senckenbergischen Naturforschenden Gesellschaft.</em> 39 (4): 349- 362, Taf. 15-16.
page(s): 356, pl. 15, fig. 14a, b [details]
additional source Pilsbry, H. A. (1919). A review of the land mollusks of the Belgian Congo chiefly based on the collections of the American Museum Congo Expedition, 1909-1915. <em>Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History.</em> 40: 1-370, pls I-XXIII.
page(s): 63 [details]
additional source Morelet, A. (1867 ["1868"]). <i>Voyage du Dr Friederich Welwitsch exécuté par ordre du Gouvernement Portugais dans les royaumes d'Angola et de Benguella (Afrique équinoxiale). Mollusques terrestres et fluviatiles.</i> Baillière et fils, Paris/London/New York. 102 pp., 9 pls, map. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12983668
page(s): 67, pl. 6, fig. 1 [details]
additional source Breure, A.S.H., Audibert, C. & Ablett, J.D. (2018). Pierre Marie Arthur Morelet (1809-1892) and his contributions to malacology. Leiden: Nederlandse Malacologische Vereniging. 544 pp.
page(s): 214, fig. 101 syntype. [details] Available for editors
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additional source Nobre, A. (1905). Molluscos terrestres e fluviaes da exploração de Francisco Newton em Angola. <em>Annaes de sciencias naturaes, Porto.</em> 9: 103–118., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7227339
page(s): 114. [details]
additional source Ubaldi, R. (2022). Recent Achatinidae – <i>Achatina bandeirana</i>. <em>Clio 24, Argonauta Monographs.</em> 11: 1–80. [details]
page(s): 156. [details]
original description (of Callistoplepa tiara Preston, 1909) Preston, H. B. (1909). Descriptions of seventeen new species and varieties of land and freshwater shells from East and West Africa and the Transvaal. <em>The Annals and Magazine of Natural History.</em> (8) 3 (14): 180-187, pl. 7. London. [1 February]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/22071535
page(s): 183, pl. 7, fig. 9. [details]
original description (of Achatina bandeirana capacior C. R. Boettger, 1927) Boettger, C.R. (1927). Die von der Zweiten Deutschen Zentral-Afrika-Expedition 1910-1911 mitgebrachten Land- und Süßwasserschnecken. <em>Abhandlungen herausgegeben von der Senckenbergischen Naturforschenden Gesellschaft.</em> 39 (4): 349- 362, Taf. 15-16.
page(s): 356, pl. 15, fig. 14a, b [details]
additional source Pilsbry, H. A. (1919). A review of the land mollusks of the Belgian Congo chiefly based on the collections of the American Museum Congo Expedition, 1909-1915. <em>Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History.</em> 40: 1-370, pls I-XXIII.
page(s): 63 [details]
additional source Morelet, A. (1867 ["1868"]). <i>Voyage du Dr Friederich Welwitsch exécuté par ordre du Gouvernement Portugais dans les royaumes d'Angola et de Benguella (Afrique équinoxiale). Mollusques terrestres et fluviatiles.</i> Baillière et fils, Paris/London/New York. 102 pp., 9 pls, map. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12983668
page(s): 67, pl. 6, fig. 1 [details]
additional source Breure, A.S.H., Audibert, C. & Ablett, J.D. (2018). Pierre Marie Arthur Morelet (1809-1892) and his contributions to malacology. Leiden: Nederlandse Malacologische Vereniging. 544 pp.
page(s): 214, fig. 101 syntype. [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Nobre, A. (1905). Molluscos terrestres e fluviaes da exploração de Francisco Newton em Angola. <em>Annaes de sciencias naturaes, Porto.</em> 9: 103–118., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7227339
page(s): 114. [details]
additional source Ubaldi, R. (2022). Recent Achatinidae – <i>Achatina bandeirana</i>. <em>Clio 24, Argonauta Monographs.</em> 11: 1–80. [details]
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