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Achatina oedigyra Melvill & Ponsonby, 1894

1258463  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1258463)

  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. Achatina (Genus)
  16. Achatina oedigyra (Species)
 unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Melvill, J. C. & Ponsonby, J. H. (1894). Descriptions of fifteen new species of South-African terrestrial Mollusca. <em>The Annals and Magazine of Natural History.</em> (6) 14 (80): 90-95, pl. 1. London. [1 August].
page(s): 92, pl. 1, fig. 7 [details] 
Type locality contained in Eastern Cape Province  
type locality contained in Eastern Cape Province [details]
, Note 'Craigie Burn, Somerset East' [E. Cape, South...  
Type locality 'Craigie Burn, Somerset East' [E. Cape, South Africa]. [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Achatina oedigyra Melvill & Ponsonby, 1894. Accessed at: https://molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1258463 on 2025-09-11
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original description Melvill, J. C. & Ponsonby, J. H. (1894). Descriptions of fifteen new species of South-African terrestrial Mollusca. <em>The Annals and Magazine of Natural History.</em> (6) 14 (80): 90-95, pl. 1. London. [1 August].
page(s): 92, pl. 1, fig. 7 [details] 

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): 304 [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

source of synonymy Brown, K. & Evans, M. (2021). The achatinid landshells of southern Africa. ConchBooks, Germany. 138 pp.
page(s): 25, 71 [details] 
 
 Present  Inaccurate  Introduced: alien  Containing type locality 
   

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Type locality 'Craigie Burn, Somerset East' [E. Cape, South Africa]. [details]
To NHMUK collection (Achatina oedigyra Melvill & Ponsonby, 1894; NHMUK:ecatalogue:2684785) 
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