MolluscaBase taxon details
Cochlitoma dacostana (Preston, 1909)
1308207 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1308207)
accepted
Species
Achatina dacostana Preston, 1909 · unaccepted (original combination)
Archachatina dacostana (Preston, 1909) · unaccepted
(of Achatina dacostana Preston, 1909) Preston, H. B. (1909). Descriptions of seventeen new species and varieties of land and freshwater shells from East and West Africa and the Transvaal. <em>The Annals and Magazine of Natural History.</em> (8) 3 (14): 180-187, pl. 7. London. [1 February]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/22071535
page(s): 182, pl. 7, fig. 7. [details]
page(s): 182, pl. 7, fig. 7. [details]
Type locality contained in East Africa
type locality contained in East Africa [from synonym] [view taxon] [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Cochlitoma dacostana (Preston, 1909). Accessed at: https://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1308207 on 2025-09-11
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original description
(of Achatina dacostana Preston, 1909) Preston, H. B. (1909). Descriptions of seventeen new species and varieties of land and freshwater shells from East and West Africa and the Transvaal. <em>The Annals and Magazine of Natural History.</em> (8) 3 (14): 180-187, pl. 7. London. [1 February]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/22071535
page(s): 182, pl. 7, fig. 7. [details]
new combination reference 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): 421 [details]
page(s): 182, pl. 7, fig. 7. [details]
new combination reference 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): 421 [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
