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Achatina achatina elegans (Link, 1807)

1324736  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1324736)

accepted
Subspecies
Achatina chaperi Ancey, 1888 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Achatina tincta Reeve, 1842 sensu Gruvel, 1913 · unaccepted (misidentification)
Achatina variegata var. gracilis Preston, 1909 · unaccepted (junior synonym)
Achatina variegata var. minima Germain, 1912 · unaccepted (junior synonym)
Achatina variegata var. minor Morelet, 1888 · unaccepted (junior synonym)
Achatium elegans Link, 1807 · unaccepted (basionym)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Achatium elegans Link, 1807) Link, D.H.F. (1807-1808). Beschreibung der Naturalien-Sammlung der Universität zu Rostock. <em>Adlers Erben.</em> 1 Abt. [Part 1], pp. 1-50; 2 Abt. [Part 2], pp. 51-100; 3 Abt. [Part 3], pp. 101-165; Abt. 4 [Part 4],pp. 1-30; Abt. 5 [Part 5], pp. 1-38 [1808]; Abt. 6 [Part 6], pp. 1-38., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/43301237 [details]   
MolluscaBase eds. (2024). MolluscaBase. Achatina achatina elegans (Link, 1807). Accessed at: https://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1324736 on 2024-03-29
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2019-02-03 09:19:13Z
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2019-05-24 07:13:39Z
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original description  (of Achatina variegata var. gracilis 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].
page(s): 183 [details]   

original description  (of Achatium elegans Link, 1807) Link, D.H.F. (1807-1808). Beschreibung der Naturalien-Sammlung der Universität zu Rostock. <em>Adlers Erben.</em> 1 Abt. [Part 1], pp. 1-50; 2 Abt. [Part 2], pp. 51-100; 3 Abt. [Part 3], pp. 101-165; Abt. 4 [Part 4],pp. 1-30; Abt. 5 [Part 5], pp. 1-38 [1808]; Abt. 6 [Part 6], pp. 1-38., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/43301237 [details]   

original description  (of Achatina chaperi Ancey, 1888) Ancey, C. F. (1888). Catalogue des mollusques terrestres et fluviatiles récoltés sur la côte occidentale d'Afrique par M. le Cap. Vignon d'après un manuscrit de ce dernier, avec des remarques sur ces espèces. <em>Bulletins de la Société Malacologique de France.</em> 5: 65-76., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16109485
page(s): 70 [details]   

original description  (of Achatina variegata var. minima Germain, 1912) Germain, L. (1912). Mission Gruvel sur la côte occidentale d'Afrique (1909-1910). Mollusques terrestres. <em>Annales de l'Institut Océanographique.</em> new ser., 5(3): 119-131. [Title page dated 1913; published December 1912].
page(s): 121-122, fig. 1 [details]   

basis of record Bequaert, J. C. (1950). Studies in the Achatininae, a group of African land snails. <em>Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology.</em> 105(1): 1-216, plates 1-81., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11841320
page(s): 29 [details]   
 
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