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Achatina morrelli Preston, 1905

1382960  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1382960)

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Achatina morrelli var. kafuensis Melvill & Ponsonby, 1907 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym

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  1. Variety Achatina morrelli var. kafuensis Melvill & Ponsonby, 1907 accepted as Achatina morrelli Preston, 1905 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Preston, H. B. (1905). Description of a new species of Achatina from the Zambesi. <em>Proceedings of the Malacological Society of London.</em> 6 (4): 244. London [17 March].
page(s): 244, textfig. [details]   
Type locality contained in Zambia  
type locality contained in Zambia [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2024). MolluscaBase. Achatina morrelli Preston, 1905. Accessed at: https://molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1382960 on 2024-03-29
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original description Preston, H. B. (1905). Description of a new species of Achatina from the Zambesi. <em>Proceedings of the Malacological Society of London.</em> 6 (4): 244. London [17 March].
page(s): 244, textfig. [details]   

original description  (of Achatina morrelli var. kafuensis Melvill & Ponsonby, 1907) Melvill, J. C. & Standen, R. (1907). Notes on a collection of terrestrial and fluviatile Mollusca, made in North-Eastern Rhodesia, during 1905, by Mr. Sheffield A. Neave, M.A., B.Sc. <em>Memoirs and proceedings of the Manchester Literary & Philosophical Society.</em> 51 (4): 1-16, 1 unnumbered plate. [20 February]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/34063251
page(s): 15, fig. 8 [details]   

additional source Bequaert, J. C. (1950). Studies in the Achatininae, a group of African land snails. <em>Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology.</em> 105(1): 1-216, plates 1-81., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11841320
page(s): 49.; note: Considered a synonym of Achatina capelloi [details]   

status source Brown, K. & Evans, M. (2021). The achatinid landshells of southern Africa. ConchBooks, Germany. 138 pp.
page(s): 63. [details]   
 
 Present  Inaccurate  Introduced: alien  Containing type locality 
   


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