MolluscaBase name details
Achatina zanzibarica Bourguignat, 1879
1370056 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1370056)
unaccepted (original combination)
Species
- Variety Achatina zanzibarica var. naegelei C. Boettger, 1913 accepted as Lissachatina zanzibarica (Bourguignat, 1879) (junior synonym)
Bourguignat, J.-R. (1879). <i>Description de diverses espèces terrestres et fluviatiles et de différents genres de Mollusques de l'Égypte, de l'Abyssinie, de Zanzibar, du Sénégal et du Centre de l'Afrique</i>. 54 pp. Paris: Jules Tremblay. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33858637
page(s): 5 [details]
page(s): 5 [details]
Type locality contained in Zanzibar
type locality contained in Zanzibar [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Achatina zanzibarica Bourguignat, 1879. Accessed at: http://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1370056 on 2025-09-11
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Bourguignat, J.-R. (1879). <i>Description de diverses espèces terrestres et fluviatiles et de différents genres de Mollusques de l'Égypte, de l'Abyssinie, de Zanzibar, du Sénégal et du Centre de l'Afrique</i>. 54 pp. Paris: Jules Tremblay. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33858637
page(s): 5 [details]
basis of record Bequaert, J. C. (1950). Studies in the Achatininae, a group of African land snails. <em>Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology.</em> 105(1): 1-216, plates 1-81., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11841320
page(s): 113 [details]
additional source Rowson, B. (2007). Land molluscs of Zanzibar Island (Unguja), Tanzania, including a new species of Gulella (Pulmonata: Streptaxidae). <em>Journal of Conchology 39: 425–466.</em> , available online at https://conchsoc.org/sites/default/files/Journal%20of%20Conchology/2007.12_v39(4)/002_Individual%20papers/002_High%20resolution/007_Rowson_JoC_v39(4)_p425_2007.pdf
page(s): 28 [details] Available for editors
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page(s): 5 [details]
basis of record Bequaert, J. C. (1950). Studies in the Achatininae, a group of African land snails. <em>Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology.</em> 105(1): 1-216, plates 1-81., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11841320
page(s): 113 [details]
additional source Rowson, B. (2007). Land molluscs of Zanzibar Island (Unguja), Tanzania, including a new species of Gulella (Pulmonata: Streptaxidae). <em>Journal of Conchology 39: 425–466.</em> , available online at https://conchsoc.org/sites/default/files/Journal%20of%20Conchology/2007.12_v39(4)/002_Individual%20papers/002_High%20resolution/007_Rowson_JoC_v39(4)_p425_2007.pdf
page(s): 28 [details] Available for editors
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Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
