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Achatina ovata S. I. Da Costa, 1907
1293604 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1293604)
unaccepted (synonym)
Species
Da Costa, S. I. (1907). Descriptions of seven new species of Achatina from the Congo Free State. <em>Proceedings of the Malacological Society of London.</em> 7 (4): 226–227, pl. XX., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15797696
page(s): 226, pl. 20, fig. 2. [details]
page(s): 226, pl. 20, fig. 2. [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 ovata S. I. Da Costa, 1907. Accessed at: https://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1293604 on 2025-09-11
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Da Costa, S. I. (1907). Descriptions of seven new species of Achatina from the Congo Free State. <em>Proceedings of the Malacological Society of London.</em> 7 (4): 226–227, pl. XX., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15797696
page(s): 226, pl. 20, fig. 2. [details]
source of synonymy 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): 78 [details]
page(s): 226, pl. 20, fig. 2. [details]
source of synonymy 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): 78 [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
