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Achatina penestes Melvill & Ponsonby, 1893
1258443 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1258443)
unaccepted > superseded combination
Species
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]
Note Pretoria [Gauteng, South Africa].
Type locality Pretoria [Gauteng, South Africa]. [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Achatina penestes Melvill & Ponsonby, 1893. Accessed at: https://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1258443 on 2025-09-11
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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 Connolly, M. (1939). A monographic survey of South African non-marine Mollusca. <em>Annals of the South African Museum.</em> 33: 1-660.
page(s): 316 [details] Available for editors
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page(s): 104, pl. 3, fig. 3 [details]
additional source Connolly, M. (1939). A monographic survey of South African non-marine Mollusca. <em>Annals of the South African Museum.</em> 33: 1-660.
page(s): 316 [details] Available for editors
[request]
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Type locality Pretoria [Gauteng, South Africa]. [details]
