MolluscaBase - Archachatina (Archachatina) Albers, 1850

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Archachatina (Archachatina) Albers, 1850

AphiaID

997524 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:997524)

Classification

Status

alternative representation

Accepted name

Archachatina Albers, 1850

Rank

Subgenus

Type taxon

Achatina sinistrorsa L. Pfeiffer, 1848 accepted as Archachatina bicarinata (Bruguière, 1792) (type by subsequent designation)

Parent

Archachatina Albers, 1850

Original name

Achatina (Archachatina) Albers, 1850

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Species Archachatina (Archachatina) bicarinata (Bruguière, 1792) represented as Archachatina bicarinata (Bruguière, 1792)

Environment

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

Original description

(of Achatina (Archachatina) Albers, 1850) Albers, J. C. (1850). Die Heliceen nach natürlicher Verwandtschaft systematisch geordnet. <em>Berlin: Enslin.</em> 262 pp., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11965983
page(s): 189 [details]

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Archachatina (Archachatina) Albers, 1850. Accessed at: https://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=997524 on 2025-09-11

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2017-06-15 08:11:33Z

created

Bank, Ruud

2017-12-19 08:11:38Z

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Bank, Ruud

2020-04-09 03:57:19Z

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Köhler, Frank

Licensing

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Sources (1)

original description (of Achatina (Archachatina) Albers, 1850) Albers, J. C. (1850). Die Heliceen nach natürlicher Verwandtschaft systematisch geordnet. <em>Berlin: Enslin.</em> 262 pp., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11965983
page(s): 189 [details]