MolluscaBase taxon details

Achatina ampullacea O. Boettger, 1910

1287614  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1287614)

  1. Biota
  2. Animalia (Kingdom)
  3. Mollusca (Phylum)
  4. Gastropoda (Class)
  5. Heterobranchia (Subclass)
  6. Euthyneura (Infraclass)
  7. Tectipleura (Subterclass)
  8. Eupulmonata (Superorder)
  9. Stylommatophora (Order)
  10. Achatinina (Suborder)
  11. Achatinoidea (Superfamily)
  12. Achatinidae (Family)
  13. Achatininae (Subfamily)
  14. Achatinini (Tribe)
  15. Achatina (Genus)
  16. Achatina ampullacea (Species)
accepted
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Boettger, O. (1910). Die Binnenkonchylien von Deutsch–Südwestafrika und ihre Beziehungen zur Molluskenfauna des Kaplandes. <em>Abhandlungen der Senckenbergischen Naturforschenden Gesellschaft.</em> 32 [Festschrift Kobelt]: 431–456, pl. 28. Frankfurt am Main., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/58353782
page(s): 447 [details] OpenAccess publication
Type locality contained in Namibia  
type locality contained in Namibia [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Achatina ampullacea O. Boettger, 1910. Accessed at: https://molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1287614 on 2025-09-10
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2018-07-20 15:08:40Z
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Herbert, David
2018-07-24 03:17:50Z
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Köhler, Frank
2021-07-23 07:59:33Z
changed
Köhler, Frank

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original description Boettger, O. (1910). Die Binnenkonchylien von Deutsch–Südwestafrika und ihre Beziehungen zur Molluskenfauna des Kaplandes. <em>Abhandlungen der Senckenbergischen Naturforschenden Gesellschaft.</em> 32 [Festschrift Kobelt]: 431–456, pl. 28. Frankfurt am Main., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/58353782
page(s): 447 [details] OpenAccess publication

additional source Brown, K. & Evans, M. (2021). The achatinid landshells of southern Africa. ConchBooks, Germany. 138 pp.
page(s): 9. [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): 317 [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]
 
 Present  Inaccurate  Introduced: alien  Containing type locality 
   

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