MolluscaBase taxon details
Petriola simpularia (Morelet, 1851)
1326039 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1326039)
accepted
Species
Achatina pallens L. Pfeiffer, 1856 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Achatina simpularia Morelet, 1851 · unaccepted > superseded combination
Bocageia (Petriola) simpularia (Morelet, 1851) · unaccepted > superseded combination
Trichodina simpularia (Morelet, 1851) · unaccepted > superseded combination
(of Achatina simpularia Morelet, 1851) Morelet, A. (1851). Testacea Africae insularis a Cl. Vesco collecta et ab A. Morelet descripta. <em>Revue et magasin de zoologie pure et appliquée.</em> sér. 2, 3: 218-221., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2321207
page(s): 220 [details]
page(s): 220 [details]
Type locality contained in Comoro Islands
type locality contained in Comoro Islands [from synonym] [view taxon] [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Petriola simpularia (Morelet, 1851). Accessed at: https://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1326039 on 2025-09-11
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original description
(of Achatina simpularia Morelet, 1851) Morelet, A. (1851). Testacea Africae insularis a Cl. Vesco collecta et ab A. Morelet descripta. <em>Revue et magasin de zoologie pure et appliquée.</em> sér. 2, 3: 218-221., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2321207
page(s): 220 [details]
original description (of Achatina pallens L. Pfeiffer, 1856) Pfeiffer, L. (1856). Descriptions of twenty-five new species of land-shells, from the collection of H. Cuming, Esq. <em>Proceedings of the zoological Society of London.</em> 24 (302): 32; 24 (303): 33-36. London [16 June]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12860555
page(s): 35 [details]
basis of record Breure, A.S.H., Audibert, C. & Ablett, J.D. (2018). Pierre Marie Arthur Morelet (1809-1892) and his contributions to malacology. Leiden: Nederlandse Malacologische Vereniging. 544 pp.
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page(s): 220 [details]
original description (of Achatina pallens L. Pfeiffer, 1856) Pfeiffer, L. (1856). Descriptions of twenty-five new species of land-shells, from the collection of H. Cuming, Esq. <em>Proceedings of the zoological Society of London.</em> 24 (302): 32; 24 (303): 33-36. London [16 June]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12860555
page(s): 35 [details]
basis of record Breure, A.S.H., Audibert, C. & Ablett, J.D. (2018). Pierre Marie Arthur Morelet (1809-1892) and his contributions to malacology. Leiden: Nederlandse Malacologische Vereniging. 544 pp.
page(s): 431 [details] Available for editors
[request]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
