MolluscaBase name details
Achatina aurora L. Pfeiffer, 1855
1339227 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1339227)
unaccepted (junior synonym)
Species
Pfeiffer, L. (1855 ["1854"]). Descriptions of fifty-seven new species of Helicea, from Mr. Cuming's collection. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> 22(277): 286–288; 22(278): 289–298 [8 May 1855]., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30747711
page(s): 294 [details]
page(s): 294 [details]
Type locality contained in Natal
type locality contained in Natal (inaccurate) [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Achatina aurora L. Pfeiffer, 1855. Accessed at: https://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1339227 on 2025-09-11
Date
action
by
The webpage text is licensed under a Creative Commons
Attribution 4.0 License
original description
Pfeiffer, L. (1855 ["1854"]). Descriptions of fifty-seven new species of Helicea, from Mr. Cuming's collection. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> 22(277): 286–288; 22(278): 289–298 [8 May 1855]., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30747711
page(s): 294 [details]
additional source Connolly, M. (1912). A revised reference list of South African non-marine Mollusca; with descriptions of new species in the South African Museum. Annals of the South African Museum, 11 (3): 59-306, pl. 2. Cape Town. [24 October].
page(s): 191 [details]
source of synonymy 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): 294 [details]
additional source Connolly, M. (1912). A revised reference list of South African non-marine Mollusca; with descriptions of new species in the South African Museum. Annals of the South African Museum, 11 (3): 59-306, pl. 2. Cape Town. [24 October].
page(s): 191 [details]
source of synonymy 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
