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Achatina spiculum W. H. Benson, 1856
1375572 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1375572)
unaccepted (junior synonym)
Species
Benson, W. H. (1856). New land snails collected by E.L. Layard, Esq. <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History.</em> (2) 18(108): 433–439., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/18685542#page/447/mode/1up
page(s): 434-435 [details]
page(s): 434-435 [details]
Type locality contained in Cape Verde
type locality contained in Cape Verde [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Achatina spiculum Benson, 1856. Accessed at: http://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1375572 on 2025-09-11
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original description
Benson, W. H. (1856). New land snails collected by E.L. Layard, Esq. <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History.</em> (2) 18(108): 433–439., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/18685542#page/447/mode/1up
page(s): 434-435 [details]
basis of record Barker, G. M. (1999). Naturalised terrestrial Stylommatophora (Mollusca: Gastropoda). <em>Fauna of New Zealand 38: 1-254.</em> [details]
additional source Preece, R. C., White, T. S., Raheem, D. C., Ketchum, H., Ablett, J., Taylor, H., Webb, K. & Naggs, F. (2022). William Benson and the golden age of malacology in British India: Biography, illustrated catalogue and evaluation of his molluscan types. <em>Tropical Natural History.</em> No. 6: Supplement: 1-434., available online at https://li01.tci-thaijo.org/index.php/tnh/article/view/257073/175390
page(s): 120; note: type specimen was not found [details] Available for editors
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page(s): 434-435 [details]
basis of record Barker, G. M. (1999). Naturalised terrestrial Stylommatophora (Mollusca: Gastropoda). <em>Fauna of New Zealand 38: 1-254.</em> [details]
additional source Preece, R. C., White, T. S., Raheem, D. C., Ketchum, H., Ablett, J., Taylor, H., Webb, K. & Naggs, F. (2022). William Benson and the golden age of malacology in British India: Biography, illustrated catalogue and evaluation of his molluscan types. <em>Tropical Natural History.</em> No. 6: Supplement: 1-434., available online at https://li01.tci-thaijo.org/index.php/tnh/article/view/257073/175390
page(s): 120; note: type specimen was not found [details] Available for editors
[request]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
