MolluscaBase - Achatina panaetha W. H. Benson, 1860

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Achatina panaetha W. H. Benson, 1860

To NHMUK collection (Achatina panaetha Benson, 1860; SYNTYPE(S); NHMUK:ecatalogue:2444391)

AphiaID

1478915 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1478915)

Classification

Status

unaccepted (original combination)

Accepted name

Glessula panaetha (W. H. Benson, 1860)

Rank

Species

Parent

Achatina Lamarck, 1799

Original name

Achatina panaetha W. H. Benson, 1860

Environment

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

Original description

Benson, W. H. (1860). Characters of new Cingalese land-shells collected by F. Layard, Esq., Ceylon Civil Service. <em>The Annals and Magazine of Natural History.</em> Ser. 3, 5(29): 381-385., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2320881
page(s): 284-385 [details]

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Achatina panaetha Benson, 1860. Accessed at: http://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1478915 on 2025-09-12

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2021-01-26 15:17:46Z

created

Auffenberg, Kurt

Licensing

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original description Benson, W. H. (1860). Characters of new Cingalese land-shells collected by F. Layard, Esq., Ceylon Civil Service. <em>The Annals and Magazine of Natural History.</em> Ser. 3, 5(29): 381-385., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2320881
page(s): 284-385 [details]

To NHMUK collection (Achatina panaetha Benson, 1860; SYNTYPE(S); NHMUK:ecatalogue:2444391)

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To NHMUK collection (Achatina panaetha Benson, 1860; SYNTYPE(S); NHMUK:ecatalogue:2444391)

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