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Achatina vassei Germain, 1918
1287618 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1287618)
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Achatina (Achatina) vassei Germain, 1918 · alternative representation (basionym)
Achatina (Lissachatina) vassei Germain, 1918 · unaccepted > superseded combination
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(of Achatina (Achatina) vassei Germain, 1918) Germain, L. (1918). Contributions à la faune malacologique de l'Afrique équatoriale. LIII, mollusques terrestres recueillis par M. G. Vasse, dans l'Afrique Orientale Portugaise. C'est aux environs d'Andrada, dans la province de Mozambique. <em>Bulletin du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle.</em> 24: 358–370., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/5037687
page(s): 368, text figs 29, 30. [details]
page(s): 368, text figs 29, 30. [details]
Type locality contained in Mozambique
, Note Andrada District, Holotype in MNHN (21490),...
type locality contained in Mozambique [from synonym] [view taxon] [details]
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(of Achatina (Achatina) vassei Germain, 1918) Germain, L. (1918). Contributions à la faune malacologique de l'Afrique équatoriale. LIII, mollusques terrestres recueillis par M. G. Vasse, dans l'Afrique Orientale Portugaise. C'est aux environs d'Andrada, dans la province de Mozambique. <em>Bulletin du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle.</em> 24: 358–370., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/5037687
page(s): 368, text figs 29, 30. [details]
basis of record 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): 321 [details] Available for editors
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additional source Connolly, M. (1925). The non-marine Mollusca of Portuguese East Africa. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Africa, 12 (3): 105-220, pl. 4-8. Cape Town. [March].
page(s): 169 [details]
additional source Bruggen, A. C. van. (2010). A new record of <i>'Achatina' vassei</i> Germain. 1918 (Gastropoda, Pulmonata, Achatinidae), from Mozambique – an unsloved problem. <em>Zoologische Mededelingen.</em> 84(4): 37–46., available online at https://repository.naturalis.nl/pub/358741 [details]
additional source Brown, K. & Evans, M. (2021). The achatinid landshells of southern Africa. ConchBooks, Germany. 138 pp.
page(s): 115. [details]
page(s): 368, text figs 29, 30. [details]
basis of record 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): 321 [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Connolly, M. (1925). The non-marine Mollusca of Portuguese East Africa. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Africa, 12 (3): 105-220, pl. 4-8. Cape Town. [March].
page(s): 169 [details]
additional source Bruggen, A. C. van. (2010). A new record of <i>'Achatina' vassei</i> Germain. 1918 (Gastropoda, Pulmonata, Achatinidae), from Mozambique – an unsloved problem. <em>Zoologische Mededelingen.</em> 84(4): 37–46., available online at https://repository.naturalis.nl/pub/358741 [details]
additional source Brown, K. & Evans, M. (2021). The achatinid landshells of southern Africa. ConchBooks, Germany. 138 pp.
page(s): 115. [details]
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