MolluscaBase taxon details
Cochlitoma churchilliana (Melvill & Ponsonby, 1895)
1058538 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1058538)
accepted
Species
Achatina churchilliana Melvill & Ponsonby, 1895 · unaccepted (original combination)
Archachatina (Tholachatina) churchilliana (Melvill & Ponsonby, 1895) · unaccepted > superseded combination
Archachatina churchilliana (Melvill & Ponsonby, 1895) · unaccepted > superseded combination
(of Achatina churchilliana Melvill & Ponsonby, 1895) Melvill, J. C. & Ponsonby, J. H. (1895). Descriptions of four new species of terrestrial Mollusca from South Africa. <em>The Annals and Magazine of Natural History.</em> (6) 15 (86): 163-165, pl. 12. London. [1 February]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16002069
page(s): 164, pl. 12, fig. 3. [details]
page(s): 164, pl. 12, fig. 3. [details]
Type locality contained in KwaZulu-Natal
type locality contained in KwaZulu-Natal [from synonym] [view taxon] [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Cochlitoma churchilliana (Melvill & Ponsonby, 1895). Accessed at: https://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1058538 on 2025-09-10
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original description
(of Achatina churchilliana Melvill & Ponsonby, 1895) Melvill, J. C. & Ponsonby, J. H. (1895). Descriptions of four new species of terrestrial Mollusca from South Africa. <em>The Annals and Magazine of Natural History.</em> (6) 15 (86): 163-165, pl. 12. London. [1 February]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16002069
page(s): 164, pl. 12, fig. 3. [details]
basis of record Bruggen, A. C. van. (2007). An interesting achatinid (Gastropoda, Pulmonata, Achatinidae) and other land snails from Benguera Island off central Mozambique. <em>Basteria.</em> 71: 105-110., available online at http://natuurtijdschriften.nl/download?type=document&docid=597344 [details]
additional source Brown, K. & Evans, M. (2021). The achatinid landshells of southern Africa. ConchBooks, Germany. 138 pp.
page(s): 15. [details]
page(s): 164, pl. 12, fig. 3. [details]
basis of record Bruggen, A. C. van. (2007). An interesting achatinid (Gastropoda, Pulmonata, Achatinidae) and other land snails from Benguera Island off central Mozambique. <em>Basteria.</em> 71: 105-110., available online at http://natuurtijdschriften.nl/download?type=document&docid=597344 [details]
additional source Brown, K. & Evans, M. (2021). The achatinid landshells of southern Africa. ConchBooks, Germany. 138 pp.
page(s): 15. [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
To GB Mollusca Types (Achatina churchilliana Melvill & Ponsonby, 1895; Holotype; MANCH.EE.7698) (from synonym Achatina churchilliana Melvill & Ponsonby, 1895)
From editor or global species database
Hosted externally, from synonym
