MolluscaBase taxon details
Glessula botellus (W. H. Benson, 1860)
1317383 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1317383)
accepted
Species
Achatina botellus W. H. Benson, 1860 · unaccepted (original combination)
(of Achatina botellus W. H. Benson, 1860) Benson, W. H. (1860). On new land-shells from Darjiling, with a series of new Indian species of <i>Achatina</i>. <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History.</em> (3) 5(30): 460-466., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2320855#page/506/mode/1up
page(s): 465 [details]
page(s): 465 [details]
Type locality contained in India
type locality contained in India [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Glessula botellus (W. H. Benson, 1860). Accessed at: https://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1317383 on 2025-05-26
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(of Achatina botellus W. H. Benson, 1860) Benson, W. H. (1860). On new land-shells from Darjiling, with a series of new Indian species of <i>Achatina</i>. <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History.</em> (3) 5(30): 460-466., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2320855#page/506/mode/1up
page(s): 465 [details]
basis of record Raheem, D.; Taylor, H.; Ablett, J.; Preece, R. C.; Aravind, N. A.; Naggs, F. (2014). A systematic revision of the land snails of the Western Ghats of India. <em>Tropical Natural History.</em> Supplement 4: I-XIV, 1-244; Chulalongkorn University [November 2014].
page(s): 120 [details] Available for editors
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additional source Ramakrishna, Mitra, S, C. & Dey, A. (2010). Annotated checklist of Indian land molluscs. <em>Zoological Survey of India, Kolkata, 359 pp.</em>
page(s): 154 [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Preece, R. C., White, T. S., Raheem, D. C., Ketchum, H., Ablett, J., Taylor, H., Webb, K. & Naggs, F. (2022). William Benson and the golden age of malacology in British India: Biography, illustrated catalogue and evaluation of his molluscan types. <em>Tropical Natural History.</em> No. 6: Supplement: 1-434., available online at https://li01.tci-thaijo.org/index.php/tnh/article/view/257073/175390
page(s): 121, Fig. 51 B [details] Available for editors [request]
page(s): 465 [details]
basis of record Raheem, D.; Taylor, H.; Ablett, J.; Preece, R. C.; Aravind, N. A.; Naggs, F. (2014). A systematic revision of the land snails of the Western Ghats of India. <em>Tropical Natural History.</em> Supplement 4: I-XIV, 1-244; Chulalongkorn University [November 2014].
page(s): 120 [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Ramakrishna, Mitra, S, C. & Dey, A. (2010). Annotated checklist of Indian land molluscs. <em>Zoological Survey of India, Kolkata, 359 pp.</em>
page(s): 154 [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Preece, R. C., White, T. S., Raheem, D. C., Ketchum, H., Ablett, J., Taylor, H., Webb, K. & Naggs, F. (2022). William Benson and the golden age of malacology in British India: Biography, illustrated catalogue and evaluation of his molluscan types. <em>Tropical Natural History.</em> No. 6: Supplement: 1-434., available online at https://li01.tci-thaijo.org/index.php/tnh/article/view/257073/175390
page(s): 121, Fig. 51 B [details] Available for editors
[request]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
To NHMUK collection (Achatina botellus Benson, 1860; NEOTYPE; NHMUK:ecatalogue:2437306) (from synonym Achatina botellus W. H. Benson, 1860)
From editor or global species database
Hosted externally, from synonym
