MolluscaBase taxon details
Costavarix adamsianus (Chitty, 1853)
1352617 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1352617)
accepted
Species
Achatina adamsiana Chitty, 1853 · unaccepted (original combination)
(of Achatina adamsiana Chitty, 1853) Chitty, E. (1853). Descriptions of thirty supposed new species and varieties of land and fluviatile shells of Jamaica, with observations on some shells already described. <em>Contributions to Conchology.</em> 1 (13): 1-19., available online at https://books.google.com/books?id=QwcnN-VZWTAC&pg=RA1-PA1
page(s): 14 [details]
page(s): 14 [details]
Type locality contained in Jamaica
type locality contained in Jamaica [from synonym] [view taxon] [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Costavarix adamsianus (Chitty, 1853). Accessed at: https://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1352617 on 2025-09-11
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original description
(of Achatina adamsiana Chitty, 1853) Chitty, E. (1853). Descriptions of thirty supposed new species and varieties of land and fluviatile shells of Jamaica, with observations on some shells already described. <em>Contributions to Conchology.</em> 1 (13): 1-19., available online at https://books.google.com/books?id=QwcnN-VZWTAC&pg=RA1-PA1
page(s): 14 [details]
basis of record Rosenberg, G. & Muratov, I. V. (2006). Status report on the terrestrial Mollusca of Jamaica. <em>Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia.</em> 155: 117-161; Erratum: 156: 401 (2007).
page(s): 152 [details]
page(s): 14 [details]
basis of record Rosenberg, G. & Muratov, I. V. (2006). Status report on the terrestrial Mollusca of Jamaica. <em>Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia.</em> 155: 117-161; Erratum: 156: 401 (2007).
page(s): 152 [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
