MolluscaBase - Varicella tenera (C. B. Adams, 1850)

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Varicella tenera (C. B. Adams, 1850)

AphiaID

1352689 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1352689)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Species

Parent

Varicella L. Pfeiffer, 1854

Original name

Achatina tenera C. B. Adams, 1850

Synonymised names

Achatina tenera C. B. Adams, 1850 · unaccepted (original combination)

Varicella (Varicellula) tenera (C. B. Adams, 1850) · alternative representation

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Subspecies Varicella tenera roperi Pilsbry, 1907
Subspecies Varicella tenera tenera (C. B. Adams, 1850)

Environment

~~marine~~, ~~brackish~~, ~~fresh~~, terrestrial

Original description

(of Achatina tenera C. B. Adams, 1850) Adams, C. B. (1850). Descriptions of supposed new species of land shells, which inhabit Jamaica. <em>Contributions to Conchology.</em> 7: 101-108., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13796515
page(s): 104 [details]

Type data

Type locality contained in Jamaica

type locality contained in Jamaica (origin: native) [from synonym] [view taxon] [details]

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2024). MolluscaBase. Varicella tenera (C. B. Adams, 1850). Accessed at: https://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1352689 on 2025-03-18

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2019-06-19 00:14:16Z

created

Rosenberg, Gary

2021-03-22 16:22:24Z

changed

Auffenberg, Kurt

Licensing

The webpage text is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License

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original description (of Achatina tenera C. B. Adams, 1850) Adams, C. B. (1850). Descriptions of supposed new species of land shells, which inhabit Jamaica. <em>Contributions to Conchology.</em> 7: 101-108., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13796515
page(s): 104 [details]

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Introduced: alien

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