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Achatina sylvatica Putzeys, 1899
1293595 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1293595)
unaccepted (junior secondary homonym of Achatina sylvatica (Spix, 1827); Achatina putzeysi Dautzenberg & Germain, 1914 is a replacement name.)
Species
Putzeys, S. (1899). Diagnoses de quelques coquilles nouvelles provenant de l'état indépendant du Congo. <em>Annales de la Societe Royal Malacologique de Belgique.</em> 33: 22-25, 82-85 [published 15 December 1899; see Breure & Backhuys, 2021: 141]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/41174391
page(s): 83, fig. 19. [details]
page(s): 83, fig. 19. [details]
Type locality contained in Democratic Republic of the Congo
type locality contained in Democratic Republic of the Congo [details]
Nomenclature Since the name, as a junior secondary homonym, was replaced before 1961, it remains invalid even though the species are no...
Nomenclature Since the name, as a junior secondary homonym, was replaced before 1961, it remains invalid even though the species are no longer considered congeneric Art 59.3. [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Achatina sylvatica Putzeys, 1899. Accessed at: https://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1293595 on 2025-09-12
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Putzeys, S. (1899). Diagnoses de quelques coquilles nouvelles provenant de l'état indépendant du Congo. <em>Annales de la Societe Royal Malacologique de Belgique.</em> 33: 22-25, 82-85 [published 15 December 1899; see Breure & Backhuys, 2021: 141]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/41174391
page(s): 83, fig. 19. [details]
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): 67 [details]
page(s): 83, fig. 19. [details]
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): 67 [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
From editor or global species database
Nomenclature Since the name, as a junior secondary homonym, was replaced before 1961, it remains invalid even though the species are no longer considered congeneric Art 59.3. [details]
