MolluscaBase name details
Achatina (Achatina) vassei Germain, 1918
1375092 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1375092)
alternative representation (basionym)
Species
Achatina (Achatina) Lamarck, 1799 represented as Achatina Lamarck, 1799
Achatina (Lissachatina) vassei Germain, 1918 · unaccepted > superseded combination
Germain, L. (1918). Contributions à la faune malacologique de l'Afrique équatoriale. LIII, mollusques terrestres recueillis par M. G. Vasse, dans l'Afrique Orientale Portugaise. C'est aux environs d'Andrada, dans la province de Mozambique. <em>Bulletin du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle.</em> 24: 358–370., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/5037687
page(s): 368, text figs 29, 30. [details]
page(s): 368, text figs 29, 30. [details]
Type locality contained in Mozambique
type locality contained in Mozambique [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Achatina (Achatina) vassei Germain, 1918. Accessed at: https://molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1375092 on 2025-09-10
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Germain, L. (1918). Contributions à la faune malacologique de l'Afrique équatoriale. LIII, mollusques terrestres recueillis par M. G. Vasse, dans l'Afrique Orientale Portugaise. C'est aux environs d'Andrada, dans la province de Mozambique. <em>Bulletin du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle.</em> 24: 358–370., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/5037687
page(s): 368, text figs 29, 30. [details]
basis of record Mead, A. R. (1995). Anatomical studies reveal new phylogenetic interpretations in Lissachatina (Pulmonata: Achatinidae). <em>Journal of Molluscan Studies 61: 257–273.</em>
page(s): 258 [details]
page(s): 368, text figs 29, 30. [details]
basis of record Mead, A. R. (1995). Anatomical studies reveal new phylogenetic interpretations in Lissachatina (Pulmonata: Achatinidae). <em>Journal of Molluscan Studies 61: 257–273.</em>
page(s): 258 [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
