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Achatina zebrula E. von Martens, 1900
1287303 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1287303)
unaccepted (junior synonym)
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Martens, E. von. (1900). Einige neue Arten südafrikanischer Landschnecken. <em>Sitzungs-Berichte der Gesellschaft naturforschender Freunde zu Berlin.</em> 20 März 1900: 117–119., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8797123
page(s): 118-119. [details]
page(s): 118-119. [details]
Type locality contained in Mpumalanga
type locality contained in Mpumalanga (inaccurate) [details]
Taxonomic remark Connolly (1939) believed this to be a synonym of zebra Brug, 1789, while Bequaert (1950) considered it a synonym of simplex...
Taxonomic remark Connolly (1939) believed this to be a synonym of zebra Brug, 1789, while Bequaert (1950) considered it a synonym of simplex E.A. Smith, 1878. Mead (2004) followed Bequaert. [details]
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Martens, E. von. (1900). Einige neue Arten südafrikanischer Landschnecken. <em>Sitzungs-Berichte der Gesellschaft naturforschender Freunde zu Berlin.</em> 20 März 1900: 117–119., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8797123
page(s): 118-119. [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): 202; note: = simplex E.A. Smith, 1878 [details]
source of synonymy 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): 298; note: = zebra Brug. 1789 [details] Available for editors
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status source Brown, K. & Evans, M. (2021). The achatinid landshells of southern Africa. ConchBooks, Germany. 138 pp.
page(s): 123. [details]
subsequent type designation Kilias, R. (1992). Die Typen und Typoide der Mollusken-Sammlung des Zoologischen Museums in Berlin (11): II. Euthyneura, Stylommatophora, Sigmurethra, Achatinoidea 2, Achatinidae. Mitteilungen aus dem Zoologischen Museum in Berlin, 68 (1): 167-180. Berlin., available online at https://doi.org/10.1002/mmnz.19920680112 [details] Available for editors [request]
page(s): 118-119. [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): 202; note: = simplex E.A. Smith, 1878 [details]
source of synonymy 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): 298; note: = zebra Brug. 1789 [details] Available for editors
[request]status source Brown, K. & Evans, M. (2021). The achatinid landshells of southern Africa. ConchBooks, Germany. 138 pp.
page(s): 123. [details]
subsequent type designation Kilias, R. (1992). Die Typen und Typoide der Mollusken-Sammlung des Zoologischen Museums in Berlin (11): II. Euthyneura, Stylommatophora, Sigmurethra, Achatinoidea 2, Achatinidae. Mitteilungen aus dem Zoologischen Museum in Berlin, 68 (1): 167-180. Berlin., available online at https://doi.org/10.1002/mmnz.19920680112 [details] Available for editors
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Taxonomic remark Connolly (1939) believed this to be a synonym of zebra Brug, 1789, while Bequaert (1950) considered it a synonym of simplex E.A. Smith, 1878. Mead (2004) followed Bequaert. [details]
