MolluscaBase taxon details
Cochlitoma penestes (Melvill & Ponsonby, 1893)
1058548 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1058548)
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Species
Achatina penestes Melvill & Ponsonby, 1893 · unaccepted > superseded combination
(of Achatina penestes Melvill & Ponsonby, 1893) Melvill, J. C. & Ponsonby, J. H. (1893). Descriptions of twenty new species of terrestrial and fluviatile Mollusca from South Africa. <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History, Series. 6, 12: 103–112.</em> , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/24343863
page(s): 104, pl. 3, fig. 3 [details]
page(s): 104, pl. 3, fig. 3 [details]
Type locality contained in Gauteng
type locality contained in Gauteng [from synonym] [view taxon] [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2024). MolluscaBase. Cochlitoma penestes (Melvill & Ponsonby, 1893). Accessed at: https://molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1058548 on 2024-04-18
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original description
(of Achatina penestes Melvill & Ponsonby, 1893) Melvill, J. C. & Ponsonby, J. H. (1893). Descriptions of twenty new species of terrestrial and fluviatile Mollusca from South Africa. <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History, Series. 6, 12: 103–112.</em> , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/24343863
page(s): 104, pl. 3, fig. 3 [details]
additional source Brown, K. & Evans, M. (2021). The achatinid landshells of southern Africa. ConchBooks, Germany. 138 pp.
page(s): 77. [details]
new combination reference Mead, A. R. (2004). Comparative reproductive anatomy in the South African giant land snails (Gastropoda: Pulmonata: Achatinidae). <em>Zoologische Mededelingen 78(25): 417–449.</em> , available online at https://pdfs.semanticscholar.org/3c49/be48a8a1ae0e922ae7536f103fc0b2eca08a.pdf?_ga=2.216295702.1606998700.1586557262-2075431801.1586557262
page(s): 422 [details]
page(s): 104, pl. 3, fig. 3 [details]
additional source Brown, K. & Evans, M. (2021). The achatinid landshells of southern Africa. ConchBooks, Germany. 138 pp.
page(s): 77. [details]
new combination reference Mead, A. R. (2004). Comparative reproductive anatomy in the South African giant land snails (Gastropoda: Pulmonata: Achatinidae). <em>Zoologische Mededelingen 78(25): 417–449.</em> , available online at https://pdfs.semanticscholar.org/3c49/be48a8a1ae0e922ae7536f103fc0b2eca08a.pdf?_ga=2.216295702.1606998700.1586557262-2075431801.1586557262
page(s): 422 [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
