MolluscaBase - Bequaertina Mead, 1994

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Bequaertina Mead, 1994

AphiaID

995599 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:995599)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Genus

Type taxon

Achatina graueri Thiele, 1911 accepted as Bequaertina graueri (Thiele, 1911) (type by original designation)

Parent

Achatinini Swainson, 1840

Original name

Bequaertina Mead, 1994

Direct children (5)

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Species Bequaertina fraterculus (Dupuis & Putzeys, 1900)
Species Bequaertina graueri (Thiele, 1911)
Species Bequaertina marteli (Dautzenberg, 1901)
Species Bequaertina pellucida (Putzeys, 1899)
Species Bequaertina pintoi (Bourguignat, 1890)

Environment

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

Grammatical gender

feminine

Original description

Mead, A.R. (1994). A new subfamily and genus in Achatinidae (Pulmonata: Sigmurethra). <em>Bulletin of the Natural History Museum, London, Zoology.</em> 60(1): 1-37., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/41149718
page(s): 18. [details]

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Bequaertina Mead, 1994. Accessed at: https://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=995599 on 2025-09-12

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2017-06-15 07:29:09Z

created

Bank, Ruud

2021-03-18 15:05:58Z

changed

Herbert, David

Licensing

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Sources (2)

original description Mead, A.R. (1994). A new subfamily and genus in Achatinidae (Pulmonata: Sigmurethra). <em>Bulletin of the Natural History Museum, London, Zoology.</em> 60(1): 1-37., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/41149718
page(s): 18. [details]

basis of record Bank, R. A. (2017). Classification of the Recent terrestrial Gastropoda of the World. Last update: July 16th, 2017. [details]