MolluscaBase name details
Achatina dacostana Preston, 1909
1308208 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1308208)
unaccepted (original combination)
Species
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. 7. [details]
page(s): 182, pl. 7, fig. 7. [details]
Type locality contained in East Africa
type locality contained in East Africa [details]
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original description
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. 7. [details]
page(s): 182, pl. 7, fig. 7. [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
