MolluscaBase - Achatina (Acicula) acicula var. major Paiva, 1867

MolluscaBase name details

Achatina (Acicula) acicula var. major Paiva, 1867

AphiaID

1502373 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1502373)

Classification

Status

unaccepted > junior homonym (invalid; not W. T. Blanford, 1865)

Accepted name

Cecilioides major (Paiva, 1867)

Rank

Variety

Parent

Achatina (Acicula) acicula (O. F. Müller, 1774) accepted as Cecilioides acicula (O. F. Müller, 1774)

Original name

Achatina (Acicula) acicula var. major Paiva, 1867

Environment

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

Fossil range

recent only

Original description

Paiva, [A. da Costa]. (1867). Monographia molluscorum terrestrium, fluviatilum, lacustrium insularum Maderensium. <em>Memorias da Académia Real das Sciências de Lisboa, Classe de Sciências Mathemáticas, Physicas e Naturaes.</em> new ser., 4(1): i-xix, 1-168, 1-2, pls 1-2., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/4591929
page(s): 114 [details]

Type data

Type locality contained in Madeira

type locality contained in Madeira [details]

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Achatina (Acicula) acicula var. major Paiva, 1867. Accessed at: https://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1502373 on 2025-09-10

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2021-04-08 07:17:29Z

created

Páll-Gergely, Barna

2024-09-13 09:01:13Z

changed

Köhler, Frank

Licensing

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Documented distribution (1)

original description Paiva, [A. da Costa]. (1867). Monographia molluscorum terrestrium, fluviatilum, lacustrium insularum Maderensium. <em>Memorias da Académia Real das Sciências de Lisboa, Classe de Sciências Mathemáticas, Physicas e Naturaes.</em> new ser., 4(1): i-xix, 1-168, 1-2, pls 1-2., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/4591929
page(s): 114 [details]

Present

Inaccurate

Introduced: alien

Containing type locality