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Achatina kirkii Craven, 1880
1261493 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1261493)
unaccepted (junior secondary homonym of Pseudoglessula kirkii (Dohrn, 1865); Pseudoglessula fasciata Connolly, 1923 is a replacement name)
Species
Craven, A.E. (1880). On a collection of land and freshwater shells made during a short expedition to the Usambara Country in eastern Africa, with descriptions of seven new species. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1880: 216–219.</em> , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28522352
page(s): 218 [details]
page(s): 218 [details]
Note 'Magila' [Tanzania].
Type locality 'Magila' [Tanzania]. [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Achatina kirkii Craven, 1880. Accessed at: https://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1261493 on 2025-09-11
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Craven, A.E. (1880). On a collection of land and freshwater shells made during a short expedition to the Usambara Country in eastern Africa, with descriptions of seven new species. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1880: 216–219.</em> , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28522352
page(s): 218 [details]
source of synonymy Verdcourt, B. (2006). A revised list of the non-marine Mollusca of East Africa (Kenya, Uganda and Tanzania, excluding Malawi). B. Verdcourt, Maidenhead. Pp. 1–75.
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page(s): 218 [details]
source of synonymy Verdcourt, B. (2006). A revised list of the non-marine Mollusca of East Africa (Kenya, Uganda and Tanzania, excluding Malawi). B. Verdcourt, Maidenhead. Pp. 1–75.
page(s): 24 [details] Available for editors
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Type locality 'Magila' [Tanzania]. [details]
