MolluscaBase - Achatina coroca van Bruggen, 1978

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Achatina coroca van Bruggen, 1978

AphiaID

1058159 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1058159)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Species

Parent

Achatina Lamarck, 1799

Original name

Achatina coroca van Bruggen, 1978

Environment

~~marine~~, ~~brackish~~, ~~fresh~~, terrestrial

Original description

Bruggen, A. C. van. (1978). On a new land snail of the Family Achatinidae from south-western Angola (Mollusca: Gastropoda, Pulmonata). <em>Annals of the Transvaal Museum,.</em> 31(7): 65–69., available online at https://journals.co.za/doi/pdf/10.10520/AJA00411752_204
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Type data

Note Angola, Mocamedes District, Coroca River at...

Type locality Angola, Mocamedes District, Coroca River at crossing of road to Iona. [details]

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Achatina coroca van Bruggen, 1978. Accessed at: https://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1058159 on 2025-09-11

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2018-02-07 06:28:42Z

created

Herbert, David

Licensing

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original description Bruggen, A. C. van. (1978). On a new land snail of the Family Achatinidae from south-western Angola (Mollusca: Gastropoda, Pulmonata). <em>Annals of the Transvaal Museum,.</em> 31(7): 65–69., available online at https://journals.co.za/doi/pdf/10.10520/AJA00411752_204
page(s): 66 [details] Available for editors

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Present

Inaccurate

Introduced: alien

Containing type locality

From editor or global species database

Type locality Angola, Mocamedes District, Coroca River at crossing of road to Iona. [details]

Type specimen Holotype originally in Transvaal Museum (TM 11002), now in KwaZulu-Natal Museum (NMSA H7519/T2327) [details]