MolluscaBase - Achatina sinistrorsa L. Pfeiffer, 1848

MolluscaBase name details

Achatina sinistrorsa L. Pfeiffer, 1848

AphiaID

1429957 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1429957)

Classification

Status

unaccepted > junior subjective synonym

Accepted name

Archachatina bicarinata (Bruguière, 1792)

Rank

Species

Type taxon of

Archachatina Albers, 1850
Archachatina (Archachatina) Albers, 1850

Parent

Achatina Lamarck, 1799

Original name

Achatina sinistrorsa L. Pfeiffer, 1848

Environment

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

Fossil range

recent only

Original description

Pfeiffer, L. (1847-1848). <i>Monographia Heliceorum viventium. Sistens descriptiones systematicas et criticas omnium huius familiae generum et specierum hodie cognitarum</i>. Volumen primum. (1): 1–160 [1847, < 8 September]; (2): 161–320 [1847, > 27 September]; (3): i–xxxii, 321–484 [1848, < 23 June]. Lipsiae: F. A. Brockhaus., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/52331607
page(s): 248 [details]

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Achatina sinistrorsa L. Pfeiffer, 1848. Accessed at: https://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1429957 on 2025-09-11

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2020-04-04 10:11:25Z

created

Köhler, Frank

2025-07-31 10:59:08Z

changed

Köhler, Frank

Licensing

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Sources (1)

original description Pfeiffer, L. (1847-1848). <i>Monographia Heliceorum viventium. Sistens descriptiones systematicas et criticas omnium huius familiae generum et specierum hodie cognitarum</i>. Volumen primum. (1): 1–160 [1847, < 8 September]; (2): 161–320 [1847, > 27 September]; (3): i–xxxii, 321–484 [1848, < 23 June]. Lipsiae: F. A. Brockhaus., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/52331607
page(s): 248 [details]