WoRMS taxon details
Metachatina kraussi (L. Pfeiffer, 1846)
1058528 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1058528)
accepted
Species
Achatina fuscolabris E. von Martens, 1860 · unaccepted
Bulimus kraussi L. Pfeiffer, 1846 · unaccepted (original combination)
Livinhacia kraussi (L. Pfeiffer, 1846) · unaccepted
(of Bulimus kraussi L. Pfeiffer, 1846) Pfeiffer, L. (1846). Symbolae ad historiam Heliceorum. Sectio tertia. 1–100. Cassellis: Th. Fischer [< 26 August]., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12254325
page(s): 85 [details]
page(s): 85 [details]
Type locality contained in KwaZulu-Natal
type locality contained in KwaZulu-Natal [from synonym] [view taxon] [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Metachatina kraussi (L. Pfeiffer, 1846). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1058528 on 2025-03-28
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Bulimus kraussi L. Pfeiffer, 1846) Pfeiffer, L. (1846). Symbolae ad historiam Heliceorum. Sectio tertia. 1–100. Cassellis: Th. Fischer [< 26 August]., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12254325
page(s): 85 [details]
original description (of Achatina fuscolabris E. von Martens, 1860) Albers, J. C. & Martens, E. von. (1860). <i>Die Heliceen nach natürlicher Verwandtschaft systematisch geordnet von Joh. Christ. Albers</i>. Ed. 2. Pp. i-xviii, 1-359. Leipzig: Engelman [original manuscript of Albers edited and published by Martens]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11648540
page(s): 202, 204. [details]
page(s): 85 [details]
original description (of Achatina fuscolabris E. von Martens, 1860) Albers, J. C. & Martens, E. von. (1860). <i>Die Heliceen nach natürlicher Verwandtschaft systematisch geordnet von Joh. Christ. Albers</i>. Ed. 2. Pp. i-xviii, 1-359. Leipzig: Engelman [original manuscript of Albers edited and published by Martens]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11648540
page(s): 202, 204. [details]
Other
additional source
Herbert, D. & Kilburn, D. (2004). Field guide to the land snails and slugs of eastern South Africa. Pietermaritzburg: Natal Museum. [v] + 336 pp.
page(s): 140 [details] Available for editors
[request]
additional source Connolly, M. (1939). A monographic survey of South African non-marine Mollusca. <em>Annals of the South African Museum.</em> 33: 1-660.
page(s): 294 [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Bacci, G. (1951). Elementi per una malacofauna dell'Abissinia e della Somalia. Annali del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale Giacomo Doria, 65: 1-145. Genova.
page(s): 71. [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Bruggen, A. C. van. (1977). Some southern African Achatinidae (Mollusca, Gastropoda Pulmonata) in American museums, with the description of a new species. <em>Proceedings of the Koninklijke Nederlandse Akademie van Wetenschappen, Series C.</em> 80(4): 245–256.
page(s): 253 [details]
additional source Ubaldi, R. (2019). Recent Achatinidae – Metachatina kraussi (Pfeiffer, 1846). <em>Clio 13, Argonauta Monographs.</em> 1: 1–72. [details]
additional source Brown, K. & Evans, M. (2021). The achatinid landshells of southern Africa. ConchBooks, Germany. 138 pp.
page(s): 49. [details]
page(s): 140 [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Connolly, M. (1939). A monographic survey of South African non-marine Mollusca. <em>Annals of the South African Museum.</em> 33: 1-660.
page(s): 294 [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Bacci, G. (1951). Elementi per una malacofauna dell'Abissinia e della Somalia. Annali del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale Giacomo Doria, 65: 1-145. Genova.
page(s): 71. [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Bruggen, A. C. van. (1977). Some southern African Achatinidae (Mollusca, Gastropoda Pulmonata) in American museums, with the description of a new species. <em>Proceedings of the Koninklijke Nederlandse Akademie van Wetenschappen, Series C.</em> 80(4): 245–256.
page(s): 253 [details]
additional source Ubaldi, R. (2019). Recent Achatinidae – Metachatina kraussi (Pfeiffer, 1846). <em>Clio 13, Argonauta Monographs.</em> 1: 1–72. [details]
additional source Brown, K. & Evans, M. (2021). The achatinid landshells of southern Africa. ConchBooks, Germany. 138 pp.
page(s): 49. [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
