WoRMS taxon details

Cochlitoma transvaalensis (E. A. Smith, 1878)

1058539  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1058539)

  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. Cochlitoma (Genus)
  16. Cochlitoma transvaalensis (Species)
accepted
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Achatina transvaalensis 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): 351-352. [details] 
Type locality contained in Mpumalanga  
type locality contained in Mpumalanga [from synonym] [view taxon] [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Cochlitoma transvaalensis (E. A. Smith, 1878). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1058539 on 2025-04-01
Date
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2018-02-07 06:36:19Z
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Herbert, David
2018-07-20 15:08:40Z
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Herbert, David

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Nomenclature

original description (of Achatina subcylindrica Preston, 1909) Preston, H. B. (1909). Descriptions of seventeen new species and varieties of land and freshwater shells from East and West Africa and the Transvaal. <em>The Annals and Magazine of Natural History.</em> (8) 3 (14): 180-187, pl. 7. London. [1 February]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/22071535
page(s): 182, pl. 7, fig. 8. [details] 

original description (of Achatina transvaalensis 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): 351-352. [details] 

original description (of Achatina subcylindrica deisenbecki Blume, 1952) Blume, W. (1952). <i>Achatina subcylindrica deisenbecki</i> n. subsp. <em>Archiv für Molluskenkunde.</em> 81: 61–62. [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): 423 [details] 

Other

additional source Bruggen, A. C. van. (1967). Miscellaneous notes on Southern African Gastropoda Euthyneura (Mollusca). <em>Zoologische Verhandelingen.</em> 91: 1-34, 1 plate. Leiden., available online at https://repository.naturalis.nl/pub/317698
page(s): 20 [details] 

additional source Brown, K. & Evans, M. (2021). The achatinid landshells of southern Africa. ConchBooks, Germany. 138 pp.
page(s): 107. [details] 

 
 Present  Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio   Inaccurate  Introduced: alien  Containing type locality 
   

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