MolluscaBase taxon details
Achatina tavaresiana Morelet, 1866
1326067 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1326067)
accepted
Species
Achatina studleyi Melvill & Ponsonby, 1897 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Cochlitoma tavaresiana (Morelet, 1866) · unaccepted > superseded combination
Morelet, A. (1866). Coquilles nouvelles recueillies par le Dr Fr. Welwitsch dans l'Afrique équatoriale, et particulièrement dans les provinces portugaises d'Angola et de Benguella. <em>Journal de conchyliologie.</em> 14 (2): 153-163., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15667391 [details]
Type locality contained in Angola
type locality contained in Angola [details]
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Morelet, A. (1866). Coquilles nouvelles recueillies par le Dr Fr. Welwitsch dans l'Afrique équatoriale, et particulièrement dans les provinces portugaises d'Angola et de Benguella. <em>Journal de conchyliologie.</em> 14 (2): 153-163., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15667391 [details]
original description (of Achatina studleyi Melvill & Ponsonby, 1897) Melvill, J. C. & Ponsonby, J. H. (1897). Description of Achatina studleyi, n.sp., from Old Calabar, West Africa. <em>Proceedings of the Malacological Society of London.</em> 2 (6): 291. London [November]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15036718 [details]
basis of record Breure, A.S.H., Audibert, C. & Ablett, J.D. (2018). Pierre Marie Arthur Morelet (1809-1892) and his contributions to malacology. Leiden: Nederlandse Malacologische Vereniging. 544 pp.
page(s): 449, fig. 1125, syntype. [details] Available for editors
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additional source Nobre, A. (1905). Molluscos terrestres e fluviaes da exploração de Francisco Newton em Angola. <em>Annaes de sciencias naturaes, Porto.</em> 9: 103–118., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7227339
page(s): 114. [details]
original description (of Achatina studleyi Melvill & Ponsonby, 1897) Melvill, J. C. & Ponsonby, J. H. (1897). Description of Achatina studleyi, n.sp., from Old Calabar, West Africa. <em>Proceedings of the Malacological Society of London.</em> 2 (6): 291. London [November]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15036718 [details]
basis of record Breure, A.S.H., Audibert, C. & Ablett, J.D. (2018). Pierre Marie Arthur Morelet (1809-1892) and his contributions to malacology. Leiden: Nederlandse Malacologische Vereniging. 544 pp.
page(s): 449, fig. 1125, syntype. [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Nobre, A. (1905). Molluscos terrestres e fluviaes da exploração de Francisco Newton em Angola. <em>Annaes de sciencias naturaes, Porto.</em> 9: 103–118., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7227339
page(s): 114. [details]
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