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Achatina nyikaensis Pilsbry, 1909
1287800 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1287800)
unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Species
Achatina fragilis E. A. Smith, 1899 · unaccepted (junior primary homonym of...)
junior primary homonym of Achatina fragilis Deshayes, 1864; Achatina nyikaensis Pilsbry, 1909 is a replacement name.
Pilsbry, H. A. (1908-1910). <i>Manual of conchology, structural and systematic, with illustrations of the species</i>. Ser. 2, Pulmonata. Vol. 20: <i>Caecilioides, Glessula</i> and Partulidae. pp i-viii, 1-326, pls 1-43. Philadelphia, published by the Conchological Department, Academy of Natural Sciences. [pp. 1-64, pls 1-10, 19 Nov. 1908; pp. 65-154, pls 11-21, 18 May 1909; pp. 155-314, pls 22-36, 29 Sept. 1909; pp. i-viii, 315-326, pls 37-43, 23 March 1910]. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/1098062
page(s): 113. [details]
page(s): 113. [details]
Type locality contained in Malawi
type locality contained in Malawi [details]
Taxonomic remark Nom. nov. for Achatina fragils E. A. Smith 1899 (non Deshayes, 1864)
Taxonomic remark Nom. nov. for Achatina fragils E. A. Smith 1899 (non Deshayes, 1864) [details]
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Pilsbry, H. A. (1908-1910). <i>Manual of conchology, structural and systematic, with illustrations of the species</i>. Ser. 2, Pulmonata. Vol. 20: <i>Caecilioides, Glessula</i> and Partulidae. pp i-viii, 1-326, pls 1-43. Philadelphia, published by the Conchological Department, Academy of Natural Sciences. [pp. 1-64, pls 1-10, 19 Nov. 1908; pp. 65-154, pls 11-21, 18 May 1909; pp. 155-314, pls 22-36, 29 Sept. 1909; pp. i-viii, 315-326, pls 37-43, 23 March 1910]. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/1098062
page(s): 113. [details]
taxonomy 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): 321 [details] Available for editors
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basis of record Pilsbry, H. A. (1919). A review of the land mollusks of the Belgian Congo chiefly based on the collections of the American Museum Congo Expedition, 1909-1915. <em>Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History.</em> 40: 1-370, pls I-XXIII.
page(s): 79 [details]
additional source Connolly, M. (1925). The non-marine Mollusca of Portuguese East Africa. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Africa, 12 (3): 105-220, pl. 4-8. Cape Town. [March].
page(s): 168 [details]
source of synonymy Mead, A.R. (1994). A new subfamily and genus in Achatinidae (Pulmonata: Sigmurethra). <em>Bulletin of the Natural History Museum, London, Zoology.</em> 60(1): 1-37., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/41149718
page(s): 26 [details]
page(s): 113. [details]
taxonomy 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): 321 [details] Available for editors
[request]basis of record Pilsbry, H. A. (1919). A review of the land mollusks of the Belgian Congo chiefly based on the collections of the American Museum Congo Expedition, 1909-1915. <em>Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History.</em> 40: 1-370, pls I-XXIII.
page(s): 79 [details]
additional source Connolly, M. (1925). The non-marine Mollusca of Portuguese East Africa. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Africa, 12 (3): 105-220, pl. 4-8. Cape Town. [March].
page(s): 168 [details]
source of synonymy Mead, A.R. (1994). A new subfamily and genus in Achatinidae (Pulmonata: Sigmurethra). <em>Bulletin of the Natural History Museum, London, Zoology.</em> 60(1): 1-37., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/41149718
page(s): 26 [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
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Taxonomic remark Nom. nov. for Achatina fragils E. A. Smith 1899 (non Deshayes, 1864) [details]
