WoRMS taxon details
Cochlitoma dimidiata (E. A. Smith, 1878)
1058537 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1058537)
accepted
Species
Achatina burnupi E. A. Smith, 1890 · unaccepted (junior subjective synonym)
Achatina dimidiata E. A. Smith, 1878 · unaccepted (superseded combination)
Achatina dimidiata var. schencki E. von Martens, 1889 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Achatina schencki E. von Martens, 1889 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Archachatina (Tholachatina) burnupi (E. A. Smith, 1890) · unaccepted (superseded rank and combination)
Archachatina dimidiata (E. A. Smith, 1878) · unaccepted > superseded combination
Cochlitoma burnupi (E. A. Smith, 1890) · unaccepted (junior synonym)
Cochlitoma dimidiata f. burnupi (E. A. Smith, 1890) · unaccepted
Cochlitoma dimidiata var. schencki (E. von Martens, 1889) · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
- Forma Cochlitoma dimidiata f. burnupi (E. A. Smith, 1890) accepted as Cochlitoma dimidiata (E. A. Smith, 1878)
- Variety Cochlitoma dimidiata var. schencki (E. von Martens, 1889) accepted as Cochlitoma dimidiata (E. A. Smith, 1878) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
(of Achatina dimidiata E. A. Smith, 1878) Smith, E. A. (1878). Description of new species of Achatina. <em>Quarterly Journal of Conchology.</em> 1 (15): 346–352., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16252381
page(s): 348 [details]
page(s): 348 [details]
Type locality contained in Mpumalanga
type locality contained in Mpumalanga [from synonym] [view taxon] [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Cochlitoma dimidiata (E. A. Smith, 1878). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1058537 on 2025-04-01
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Achatina dimidiata E. A. Smith, 1878) Smith, E. A. (1878). Description of new species of Achatina. <em>Quarterly Journal of Conchology.</em> 1 (15): 346–352., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16252381
page(s): 348 [details]
original description (of Achatina schencki E. von Martens, 1889) Martens, E. von. (1889). Südafrikanische Landschnecken. <em>Sitzungs-Berichte der Gesellschaft naturforschender Freunde zu Berlin.</em> Sitzung vom 15 October 1889, pp. 160–165., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8790084
page(s): 164 [details]
original description (of Achatina burnupi E. A. Smith, 1890) Smith, E. A. (1890). List of the species of <i>Achatina</i>, from South Africa, with the description of a new species. <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History.</em> Series 6, 6: 390–394., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/51276093
page(s): 393 [details]
new combination reference Mead, A. R. (2004). Comparative reproductive anatomy in the South African giant land snails (Gastropoda: Pulmonata: Achatinidae). <em>Zoologische Mededelingen 78(25): 417–449.</em> , available online at https://pdfs.semanticscholar.org/3c49/be48a8a1ae0e922ae7536f103fc0b2eca08a.pdf?_ga=2.216295702.1606998700.1586557262-2075431801.1586557262
page(s): 421 [details]
page(s): 348 [details]
original description (of Achatina schencki E. von Martens, 1889) Martens, E. von. (1889). Südafrikanische Landschnecken. <em>Sitzungs-Berichte der Gesellschaft naturforschender Freunde zu Berlin.</em> Sitzung vom 15 October 1889, pp. 160–165., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8790084
page(s): 164 [details]
original description (of Achatina burnupi E. A. Smith, 1890) Smith, E. A. (1890). List of the species of <i>Achatina</i>, from South Africa, with the description of a new species. <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History.</em> Series 6, 6: 390–394., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/51276093
page(s): 393 [details]
new combination reference Mead, A. R. (2004). Comparative reproductive anatomy in the South African giant land snails (Gastropoda: Pulmonata: Achatinidae). <em>Zoologische Mededelingen 78(25): 417–449.</em> , available online at https://pdfs.semanticscholar.org/3c49/be48a8a1ae0e922ae7536f103fc0b2eca08a.pdf?_ga=2.216295702.1606998700.1586557262-2075431801.1586557262
page(s): 421 [details]
Other
additional source
Bruggen, A. C. van. (1972). New data on southern African Achatinidae (Mollusca, Gastropoda Pulmonata). <em>Zoologische Mededelingen.</em> 47(42): 513–529., available online at https://repository.naturalis.nl/pub/318128
page(s): 519; note: As Archachatina (Tholachatina). Anatomy [details]
additional source Brown, K. & Evans, M. (2021). The achatinid landshells of southern Africa. ConchBooks, Germany. 138 pp.
page(s): 30. [details]
page(s): 519; note: As Archachatina (Tholachatina). Anatomy [details]
additional source Brown, K. & Evans, M. (2021). The achatinid landshells of southern Africa. ConchBooks, Germany. 138 pp.
page(s): 30. [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
