MolluscaBase - Leptachatina (Leptachatina) sculpta (L. Pfeiffer, 1856)

Traits name details

Leptachatina (Leptachatina) sculpta (L. Pfeiffer, 1856)

AphiaID

1725088 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1725088)

Classification

Status

alternative representation

Accepted name

Leptachatina sculpta (L. Pfeiffer, 1856)

Rank

Species

Parent

Leptachatina (Leptachatina) A. Gould, 1847 represented as Leptachatina A. Gould, 1847

Original name

Achatina sculpta L. Pfeiffer, 1856

Environment

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

Fossil range

recent only

Original description

(of ) Pfeiffer, L. (1856). Descriptions of five new species of terrestrial Mollusca, from the collection of H. Cuming, Esq. Proceedings of the zoological Society of London. 23 (297) [“1855”]: 210–211. London [5 February].
page(s): 211 [details]

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Leptachatina (Leptachatina) sculpta (L. Pfeiffer, 1856). Accessed through: Marine Species Traits editorial board (2025) Marine Species Traits at: https://www.marinespecies.org/traits/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1725088 on 2025-05-14

Thematic species database citation

Marine Species Traits editorial board (2025). Marine Species Traits. Leptachatina (Leptachatina) sculpta (L. Pfeiffer, 1856). Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/traits/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1725088 on 2025-05-14

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2023-12-23 00:47:37Z

created

Auffenberg, Kurt

[taxonomic tree]

Sources (2)

original description (of ) Pfeiffer, L. (1856). Descriptions of five new species of terrestrial Mollusca, from the collection of H. Cuming, Esq. Proceedings of the zoological Society of London. 23 (297) [“1855”]: 210–211. London [5 February].
page(s): 211 [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): 126 [details] Available for editors