MolluscaBase - Achatina poeyana L. Pfeiffer, 1857

MolluscaBase name details

Achatina poeyana L. Pfeiffer, 1857

AphiaID

1490079 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1490079)

Classification

Status

unaccepted > superseded combination

Accepted name

Liguus poeyanus (L. Pfeiffer, 1857) accepted as Liguus vittatus (Swainson, 1822)

Rank

Species

Parent

Achatina Lamarck, 1799

Original name

Achatina poeyana L. Pfeiffer, 1857

Environment

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

Original description

Pfeiffer, L. (1857). Zur Molluskenfauna der Insel Cuba. <em>Malakozoologische Blätter.</em> 4: 170-179., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15865415
page(s): 173-174, pl. 4, figs. 3-4 [details]

Type data

Type locality contained in Cuba

type locality contained in Cuba [details]

Descriptive notes

Etymology Named for the Cuban malacologist, Félipe Poey y Aloy (1799-1891).

Etymology Named for the Cuban malacologist, Félipe Poey y Aloy (1799-1891). [details]

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Achatina poeyana L. Pfeiffer, 1857. Accessed at: https://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1490079 on 2025-09-11

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2021-03-12 03:04:54Z

created

Köhler, Frank

2024-08-24 22:11:52Z

changed

Auffenberg, Kurt

Licensing

The webpage text is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License

[taxonomic tree]

original description Pfeiffer, L. (1857). Zur Molluskenfauna der Insel Cuba. <em>Malakozoologische Blätter.</em> 4: 170-179., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15865415
page(s): 173-174, pl. 4, figs. 3-4 [details]

Present

Inaccurate

Introduced: alien

Containing type locality

From editor or global species database

Etymology Named for the Cuban malacologist, Félipe Poey y Aloy (1799-1891). [details]