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Achatina (Macrospira) aperta Swainson, 1840

1415582  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1415582)

  1. Biota
  2. Animalia (Kingdom)
  3. Mollusca (Phylum)
  4. Gastropoda (Class)
  5. Heterobranchia (Subclass)
  6. Euthyneura (Infraclass)
  7. Tectipleura (Subterclass)
  8. Eupulmonata (Superorder)
  9. Stylommatophora (Order)
  10. Achatinina (Suborder)
  11. Achatinoidea (Superfamily)
  12. Achatinidae (Family)
  13. Achatininae (Subfamily)
  14. Achatinini (Tribe)
  15. Achatina (Genus)
  16. Achatina (Macrospira) (Subgenus)
  17. Achatina (Macrospira) aperta (Species)
 unaccepted (basionym)
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Swainson, W. (1840). A treatise on malacology; or the natural classification of shells and shell-fish. Longman, London, viii + 419 pp., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/33450
page(s): 335, figs 97e-f [details] 
MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Achatina (Macrospira) aperta Swainson, 1840. Accessed at: http://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1415582 on 2025-07-09
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Bouchet, Philippe

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original description Swainson, W. (1840). A treatise on malacology; or the natural classification of shells and shell-fish. Longman, London, viii + 419 pp., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/33450
page(s): 335, figs 97e-f [details] 
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