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Achatina smithi G. B. Sowerby III, 1890
1308138 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1308138)
unaccepted (invalid: junior primary homonym of Achatina smithii Craven, 1881; Achatina sowerbyi E. A. Smith, 1890 is a replacement name.)
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Sowerby, G. B. III. (1890). Descriptions of thirteen new species of land-shells, with a note on <i>Bulimus fulminans</i>. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> 1889: 577-582. [publ. April 1890]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30867075#page/723/mode/1up
page(s): 579, pl. 56, fig. 3. [details]
page(s): 579, pl. 56, fig. 3. [details]
Note Calabar [Nigeria]
Type locality Calabar [Nigeria] [details]
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Sowerby, G. B. III. (1890). Descriptions of thirteen new species of land-shells, with a note on <i>Bulimus fulminans</i>. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> 1889: 577-582. [publ. April 1890]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30867075#page/723/mode/1up
page(s): 579, pl. 56, fig. 3. [details]
source of synonymy Mead, A.R. (1994). A new subfamily and genus in Achatinidae (Pulmonata: Sigmurethra). <em>Bulletin of the Natural History Museum, London, Zoology.</em> 60(1): 1-37., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/41149718
page(s): 13 [details]
page(s): 579, pl. 56, fig. 3. [details]
source of synonymy Mead, A.R. (1994). A new subfamily and genus in Achatinidae (Pulmonata: Sigmurethra). <em>Bulletin of the Natural History Museum, London, Zoology.</em> 60(1): 1-37., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/41149718
page(s): 13 [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
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Type locality Calabar [Nigeria] [details]
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