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Achatina osborni Pilsbry, 1919
1293600 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1293600)
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Species
Archachatina (Tholachatina) osborni (Pilsbry, 1919) · unaccepted
Archachatina osborni (Pilsbry, 1919) · unaccepted > superseded combination
- Subspecies Achatina osborni afromontana Bequaert & Clench, 1934
- Subspecies Achatina osborni osborni Pilsbry, 1919
recent only
Pilsbry, H. A. (1919). A review of the land mollusks of the Belgian Congo chiefly based on the collections of the American Museum Congo Expedition, 1909-1915. <em>Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History.</em> 40: 1-370, pls I-XXIII.
page(s): 77, pl. IV, fig. 6. [details]
page(s): 77, pl. IV, fig. 6. [details]
Type locality contained in Democratic Republic of the Congo
type locality contained in Democratic Republic of the Congo [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Achatina osborni Pilsbry, 1919. Accessed at: https://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1293600 on 2025-09-10
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Pilsbry, H. A. (1919). A review of the land mollusks of the Belgian Congo chiefly based on the collections of the American Museum Congo Expedition, 1909-1915. <em>Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History.</em> 40: 1-370, pls I-XXIII.
page(s): 77, pl. IV, fig. 6. [details]
status source Mead, A. R. (2004). Comparative reproductive anatomy in the South African giant land snails (Gastropoda: Pulmonata: Achatinidae). <em>Zoologische Mededelingen 78(25): 417–449.</em> , available online at https://pdfs.semanticscholar.org/3c49/be48a8a1ae0e922ae7536f103fc0b2eca08a.pdf?_ga=2.216295702.1606998700.1586557262-2075431801.1586557262
page(s): 422 [details]
page(s): 77, pl. IV, fig. 6. [details]
status source Mead, A. R. (2004). Comparative reproductive anatomy in the South African giant land snails (Gastropoda: Pulmonata: Achatinidae). <em>Zoologische Mededelingen 78(25): 417–449.</em> , available online at https://pdfs.semanticscholar.org/3c49/be48a8a1ae0e922ae7536f103fc0b2eca08a.pdf?_ga=2.216295702.1606998700.1586557262-2075431801.1586557262
page(s): 422 [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
