MolluscaBase - Amastra (Metamastra) sericea (L. Pfeiffer, 1859)

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Amastra (Metamastra) sericea (L. Pfeiffer, 1859)

AphiaID

1716635 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1716635)

Classification

Status

alternative representation

Accepted name

Amastra sericea (L. Pfeiffer, 1859)

Rank

Species

Parent

Amastra (Metamastra) Hyatt & Pilsbry, 1911 represented as Amastra H. Adams & A. Adams, 1855

Original name

Achatinella (Laminella) sericea L. Pfeiffer, 1859

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Variety Amastra (Metamastra) sericea var. anaglypta C. M. Cooke, 1917 accepted as Amastra (Metamastra) sericea anaglypta C. M. Cooke, 1917 represented as Amastra sericea anaglypta C. M. Cooke, 1917 (unaccepted > superseded rank)
Subspecies Amastra (Metamastra) sericea anaglypta C. M. Cooke, 1917 represented as Amastra sericea anaglypta C. M. Cooke, 1917
Subspecies Amastra (Metamastra) sericea sericea (L. Pfeiffer, 1859) represented as Amastra sericea sericea (L. Pfeiffer, 1859)

Environment

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

Original description

(of Achatinella (Laminella) sericea L. Pfeiffer, 1859) Pfeiffer, L. (1859). Descriptions of eight new species of Achatinella, from Mr. Cuming's collection. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. 27(385): 30–32. London [30 June]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/44707237
page(s): 31 [details]

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Amastra (Metamastra) sericea (L. Pfeiffer, 1859). Accessed at: https://molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1716635 on 2025-09-11

Taxonomic edit history

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2023-11-04 13:24:04Z

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Auffenberg, Kurt

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Sources (2)

original description (of Achatinella (Laminella) sericea L. Pfeiffer, 1859) Pfeiffer, L. (1859). Descriptions of eight new species of Achatinella, from Mr. Cuming's collection. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. 27(385): 30–32. London [30 June]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/44707237
page(s): 31 [details]

basis of record Cowie, R. H., Evenhuis, N. L. & Christensen, C. C. (1995). Catalog of the native land and freshwater molluscs of the Hawaiian Islands. vi + 248 pp. Leiden: Backhuys Publishers.
page(s): 107 [details] Available for editors

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