MolluscaBase taxon details
Limicolaria kambeul (Bruguière, 1792)
1316093 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1316093)
accepted
Species
Ampulla kambeul Röding, 1798 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Bulimus adansoni L. Pfeiffer, 1842 · unaccepted (junior synonym)
Bulimus africanus Reeve, 1848 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Bulimus kambeul Bruguiere, 1792 · unaccepted (original combination)
Bulimus kordofanus L. Pfeiffer, 1848 · unaccepted (junior synonym)
Bulimus speciosus L. Pfeiffer, 1848 · unaccepted
Bulimus xantholinus L. Pfeiffer, 1848 · unaccepted (junior synonym)
Helix (Cochlogena) aedilis A. Férussac, 1821 · unaccepted (junior synonym)
Limicolaria abinsiensis Shackleford & Spence, 1916 · unaccepted (junior synonym)
Limicolaria abinsiensis var. aurea Shackleford & Spence, 1916 · unaccepted (junior synonym)
Limicolaria adansoni (L. Pfeiffer, 1842) · unaccepted (junior synonym)
Limicolaria bassamensis Shuttleworth, 1856 · unaccepted (junior synonym)
Limicolaria bellamya Jousseaume, 1886 · unaccepted (junior synonym)
Limicolaria centralis Germain, 1904 · unaccepted (junior synonym)
Limicolaria chudeaui Germain, 1920 · unaccepted (junior synonym)
Limicolaria felina Shuttleworth, 1856 · unaccepted (junior synonym)
Limicolaria felina var. gruveli Germain, 1912 · unaccepted (junior synonym)
Limicolaria hidalgoi Crosse, 1867 · unaccepted (junior synonym)
Limicolaria hugoti Llabador, 1962 · unaccepted (junior synonym)
Limicolaria pyrrhus Albers, 1850 · unaccepted (junior synonym)
Limicolaria togoensis Kobelt, 1894 · unaccepted (junior synonym)
Limicolaria turriformis obesa Germain, 1906 · unaccepted (junior synonym)
Limicolaria turriformis var. laconi Germain, 1905 · unaccepted (junior synonym)
Limicolaria turris albocincta Germain, 1911 · unaccepted (junior synonym)
Limicolaria turris duperthuisi Germain, 1906 · unaccepted (junior synonym)
Limicolaria turris var. pallida Germain, 1907 · unaccepted (junior synonym)
- Variety Limicolaria kambeul var. turris (L. Pfeiffer, 1861) accepted as Limicolaria turris L. Pfeiffer, 1861 (unaccepted > superseded rank)
- Subspecies Limicolaria kambeul zarafica C. R. Boettger, 1915 accepted as Limicolaria cailliaudi (L. Pfeiffer, 1850) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
(of Bulimus kambeul Bruguiere, 1792) Bruguière, J. G. (1789-1792). Encyclopédie méthodique ou par ordre de matières. Histoire naturelle des vers, volume 1. Paris: Pancoucke. Pp. i-xviii, 1-344 [Livraison 32, June 1789]; 345-757 [Livraison 48, 13 Feb. 1792] [Dates after Evenhuis, 2003, Zootaxa, 166: 37; Zootaxa, 207, some modified by Evenhuis & Petit 2003 Zootaxa 207:1-4]. , available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8892006
page(s): 322. [details]
page(s): 322. [details]
Type locality contained in Liberia
type locality contained in Liberia [from synonym] [view taxon] [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Limicolaria kambeul (Bruguière, 1792). Accessed at: https://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1316093 on 2025-04-02
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original description
(of Bulimus kambeul Bruguiere, 1792) Bruguière, J. G. (1789-1792). Encyclopédie méthodique ou par ordre de matières. Histoire naturelle des vers, volume 1. Paris: Pancoucke. Pp. i-xviii, 1-344 [Livraison 32, June 1789]; 345-757 [Livraison 48, 13 Feb. 1792] [Dates after Evenhuis, 2003, Zootaxa, 166: 37; Zootaxa, 207, some modified by Evenhuis & Petit 2003 Zootaxa 207:1-4]. , available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8892006
page(s): 322. [details]
original description (of Bulimus africanus Reeve, 1848) Reeve, L. A. (1848-1850). Monograph of the genus Bulimus. In: Conchologia Iconica, or, illustrations of the shells of molluscous animals, 5: Pls 1–89 and unpaginated text. L. Reeve & Co., London [pls 1-9, Apr 1848; 10-12, 15-19, May 1848; 13, 14, 20-25, Jun 1848; 26-33, Jul 1848; 34, 35, Aug 1848; 36, 37, Sep 1848; 38-45, Oct 1848; 46-53, Nov 1848; 54-57, Dec 1848; 58-61, Jan 1849; 62-64, Mar 1849; 65-69, May 1849; 70-73, 75, Jul 1849; 74, 76, 77, Aug 1849; 78, 79, Sep 1849 78-79; 80-84, Dec 1849; 85-89, Feb 1850]. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8966758
page(s): pl. 50, fig. 330 [details]
original description (of Bulimus xantholinus L. Pfeiffer, 1848) Pfeiffer, L. (1848). Monographia Heliceorum viventium. Sistens descriptiones systematicas et criticas omnium huius familiae generum et specierum hodie cognitarum. Volumen secundum. (1): 1–160 [< 29 June]; (2): 161–320 [< 5 October]; (3): 321–594 [< 30 November]. Lipsiae: F.A. Brockhaus., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/14400504
page(s): 179 [details]
original description (of Limicolaria bellamya Jousseaume, 1886) Jousseaume F. (1886). Coquilles du Haut-Sénégal. Bulletin de la Société Zoologique de France. 11: 471-502, pls 12-14., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7149154
page(s): 475, pl. 23, fig. 1. [details]
original description (of Limicolaria togoensis Kobelt, 1894) Kobelt, W. (1893-1895). Die Genera Livinhacia, Pseudachatina, Perideris, Limicolaria and Homorus. In: Küster, H. C.; Kobelt, W., Eds. Systematisches Conchylien-Cabinet von Martini und Chemnitz. Neu herausgegeben und vervollständigt. Ersten Bandes, zehnte Abtheilung. (1) 10 (399): 1-16, pls. A, 1-5 (1893); (1) 10 (400): 17-32, pls. 6-11 (1893); (1) 10 (402): 33-56, pls. 12-17 (1893); (1) 10 (406): 57-72, pls. 18-23 (1894); (1) 10 (409): 73-104, pls. 24-29 (1894); (1) 10 (412): 105-132, pls. 30-35 (1895). Nürnberg (Bauer & Raspe)., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/34334553
page(s): 70, pl. 23, figs 1-2 [details]
original description (of Limicolaria centralis Germain, 1904) Germain, L. (1904). Note préliminaire sur les Mollusques recuellis par les membres de la Mission A. Chevalier, dans la région du Tchad et le bassin du Chari. Bulletin du Muséum d'histoire naturelle. 10: 466-472., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/42899677
page(s): 467. [details]
original description (of Limicolaria abinsiensis Shackleford & Spence, 1916) Shackleford, L. J.; Spence, G. C. (1916). On a supposed new species of Limicolaria. Journal of Conchology. 15(4): 127-128., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31904378 [details]
original description (of Limicolaria abinsiensis var. aurea Shackleford & Spence, 1916) Shackleford, L. J.; Spence, G. C. (1916). On a supposed new species of Limicolaria. Journal of Conchology. 15(4): 127-128., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31904378
page(s): 128 [details]
original description (of Ampulla kambeul Röding, 1798) Röding, P. F. (1798). Museum Boltenianum sive Catalogus cimeliorum e tribus regnis naturæ quæ olim collegerat Joa. Fried Bolten, M. D. p. d. per XL. annos proto physicus Hamburgensis. Pars secunda continens Conchylia sive Testacea univalvia, bivalvia & multivalvia. Trapp, Hamburg, viii + 199 pp., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16230659
page(s): 110, species 1418 [details]
basis of record Crowley, T. E. & Pain, T. (1970). A monographic revision of the African land snails of the genus Limicolaria Schumacher (Mollusca – Achatinidae). Annales du Musée Royal de l'Afrique Centrale, Tervuren [sciences zoologiques]. 177: 1–61, 6 pls.
page(s): 42 [details]
additional source Lee, H. G. & Diekmann, B. (2021). Does the giant African snail need protection? - Nomenclatorially, that is . Shell-O-Gram. 62(3):3-8, Jacksonville Shell Club, Inc., Jacksonville, Florida. [details] Available for editors
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page(s): 322. [details]
original description (of Bulimus africanus Reeve, 1848) Reeve, L. A. (1848-1850). Monograph of the genus Bulimus. In: Conchologia Iconica, or, illustrations of the shells of molluscous animals, 5: Pls 1–89 and unpaginated text. L. Reeve & Co., London [pls 1-9, Apr 1848; 10-12, 15-19, May 1848; 13, 14, 20-25, Jun 1848; 26-33, Jul 1848; 34, 35, Aug 1848; 36, 37, Sep 1848; 38-45, Oct 1848; 46-53, Nov 1848; 54-57, Dec 1848; 58-61, Jan 1849; 62-64, Mar 1849; 65-69, May 1849; 70-73, 75, Jul 1849; 74, 76, 77, Aug 1849; 78, 79, Sep 1849 78-79; 80-84, Dec 1849; 85-89, Feb 1850]. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8966758
page(s): pl. 50, fig. 330 [details]
original description (of Bulimus xantholinus L. Pfeiffer, 1848) Pfeiffer, L. (1848). Monographia Heliceorum viventium. Sistens descriptiones systematicas et criticas omnium huius familiae generum et specierum hodie cognitarum. Volumen secundum. (1): 1–160 [< 29 June]; (2): 161–320 [< 5 October]; (3): 321–594 [< 30 November]. Lipsiae: F.A. Brockhaus., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/14400504
page(s): 179 [details]
original description (of Limicolaria bellamya Jousseaume, 1886) Jousseaume F. (1886). Coquilles du Haut-Sénégal. Bulletin de la Société Zoologique de France. 11: 471-502, pls 12-14., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7149154
page(s): 475, pl. 23, fig. 1. [details]
original description (of Limicolaria togoensis Kobelt, 1894) Kobelt, W. (1893-1895). Die Genera Livinhacia, Pseudachatina, Perideris, Limicolaria and Homorus. In: Küster, H. C.; Kobelt, W., Eds. Systematisches Conchylien-Cabinet von Martini und Chemnitz. Neu herausgegeben und vervollständigt. Ersten Bandes, zehnte Abtheilung. (1) 10 (399): 1-16, pls. A, 1-5 (1893); (1) 10 (400): 17-32, pls. 6-11 (1893); (1) 10 (402): 33-56, pls. 12-17 (1893); (1) 10 (406): 57-72, pls. 18-23 (1894); (1) 10 (409): 73-104, pls. 24-29 (1894); (1) 10 (412): 105-132, pls. 30-35 (1895). Nürnberg (Bauer & Raspe)., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/34334553
page(s): 70, pl. 23, figs 1-2 [details]
original description (of Limicolaria centralis Germain, 1904) Germain, L. (1904). Note préliminaire sur les Mollusques recuellis par les membres de la Mission A. Chevalier, dans la région du Tchad et le bassin du Chari. Bulletin du Muséum d'histoire naturelle. 10: 466-472., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/42899677
page(s): 467. [details]
original description (of Limicolaria abinsiensis Shackleford & Spence, 1916) Shackleford, L. J.; Spence, G. C. (1916). On a supposed new species of Limicolaria. Journal of Conchology. 15(4): 127-128., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31904378 [details]
original description (of Limicolaria abinsiensis var. aurea Shackleford & Spence, 1916) Shackleford, L. J.; Spence, G. C. (1916). On a supposed new species of Limicolaria. Journal of Conchology. 15(4): 127-128., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31904378
page(s): 128 [details]
original description (of Ampulla kambeul Röding, 1798) Röding, P. F. (1798). Museum Boltenianum sive Catalogus cimeliorum e tribus regnis naturæ quæ olim collegerat Joa. Fried Bolten, M. D. p. d. per XL. annos proto physicus Hamburgensis. Pars secunda continens Conchylia sive Testacea univalvia, bivalvia & multivalvia. Trapp, Hamburg, viii + 199 pp., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16230659
page(s): 110, species 1418 [details]
basis of record Crowley, T. E. & Pain, T. (1970). A monographic revision of the African land snails of the genus Limicolaria Schumacher (Mollusca – Achatinidae). Annales du Musée Royal de l'Afrique Centrale, Tervuren [sciences zoologiques]. 177: 1–61, 6 pls.
page(s): 42 [details]
additional source Lee, H. G. & Diekmann, B. (2021). Does the giant African snail need protection? - Nomenclatorially, that is . Shell-O-Gram. 62(3):3-8, Jacksonville Shell Club, Inc., Jacksonville, Florida. [details] Available for editors





- Type locality
- type locality contained in Liberia [from synonym] [view taxon] [details]
- From editor or global species database
- Cameroon
- Guinea-Bissau
- Mali
- Nigeria
- Senegal
- Togo
- (no group)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Limicolaria kambeul)
To GB Mollusca Types (Limicolaria abinsiensis Shackleford & Spence, 1916; Holotype; MANCH.EE.6333) (from synonym Limicolaria abinsiensis Shackleford & Spence, 1916)
To GenBank (2 nucleotides; 0 proteins)
To Malacopics (Limicolaria kambeul (Bruguière, 1792))
To MNHN Type collection (IM 2000-4879) (from synonym Limicolaria hidalgoi Crosse, 1867)
To MNHN Type collection (IM 2000-4887) (from synonym Limicolaria bellamya Jousseaume, 1886)
To MNHN Type collection (IM 2000-4891) (from synonym Limicolaria chudeaui Germain, 1920)
To MNHN Type collection (IM 2000-4896) (from synonym Limicolaria centralis Germain, 1904)
To GB Mollusca Types (Limicolaria abinsiensis Shackleford & Spence, 1916; Holotype; MANCH.EE.6333) (from synonym Limicolaria abinsiensis Shackleford & Spence, 1916)
To GenBank (2 nucleotides; 0 proteins)
To Malacopics (Limicolaria kambeul (Bruguière, 1792))
To MNHN Type collection (IM 2000-4879) (from synonym Limicolaria hidalgoi Crosse, 1867)
To MNHN Type collection (IM 2000-4887) (from synonym Limicolaria bellamya Jousseaume, 1886)
To MNHN Type collection (IM 2000-4891) (from synonym Limicolaria chudeaui Germain, 1920)
To MNHN Type collection (IM 2000-4896) (from synonym Limicolaria centralis Germain, 1904)