MolluscaBase name details
Macrospira Swainson, 1840
998942 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:998942)
unaccepted
Genus
Achatina (Macrospira) Swainson, 1840 · unaccepted
- Species Macrospira aperta (Swainson, 1840) accepted as Geostilbia aperta (Swainson, 1840)
feminine
(of Achatina (Macrospira) Swainson, 1840) Swainson, W. (1840). A treatise on malacology; or the natural classification of shells and shell-fish. Longman, London, viii + 419 pp., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/33450
page(s): 335 [details]
page(s): 335 [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Macrospira Swainson, 1840. Accessed at: https://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php/10.1371/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=998942 on 2025-09-10
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(of Achatina (Macrospira) Swainson, 1840) Swainson, W. (1840). A treatise on malacology; or the natural classification of shells and shell-fish. Longman, London, viii + 419 pp., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/33450
page(s): 335 [details]
page(s): 335 [details]