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Achatina smithii Craven, 1881
1261470 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1261470)
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Species
Achatina (Achatina) smithii Craven, 1881 · alternative representation
Achatina scaevola Melvill & Ponsonby, 1893 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Craven, A.E. (1881). On a collection of land- and freshwater shells from the Transvaal and Orange Free State in South Africa, with descriptions of nine new species. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1880: 614–618. Volume date 1880, publication date 1881.</em> , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28522818
page(s): 617 [details]
page(s): 617 [details]
Note 'Leydenburg, Transvaal' [Lydenburg,...
Type locality 'Leydenburg, Transvaal' [Lydenburg, Mpumalanga, South Africa]. [details]
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Craven, A.E. (1881). On a collection of land- and freshwater shells from the Transvaal and Orange Free State in South Africa, with descriptions of nine new species. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1880: 614–618. Volume date 1880, publication date 1881.</em> , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28522818
page(s): 617 [details]
original description (of Achatina scaevola 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. 2 [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): 315 [details] Available for editors
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additional source Sirgel, W. F. (2000). Comparative genital anatomy of some South African Achatinidae (Pulmonata). <em>Annals of the Natal Museum 41: 209–235.</em>
page(s): 224, 226. [details]
page(s): 617 [details]
original description (of Achatina scaevola 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. 2 [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): 315 [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Sirgel, W. F. (2000). Comparative genital anatomy of some South African Achatinidae (Pulmonata). <em>Annals of the Natal Museum 41: 209–235.</em>
page(s): 224, 226. [details]
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Type locality 'Leydenburg, Transvaal' [Lydenburg, Mpumalanga, South Africa]. [details]
