original description
Smith, E. A. (1890). List of the species of <i>Achatina</i>, from South Africa, with the description of a new species. <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History.</em> Series 6, 6: 390–394., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/51276093
page(s): 392. [details]
source of synonymy
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): 138. [details]
From editor or global species database
Nomenclature Nom. nov. for Achatina smithi G. B. Sowerby III, 1890, non Achatina smithii Craven, 1881 [details]
From editor or global species database