MolluscaBase taxon details
Lissachatina zanzibarica (Bourguignat, 1879)
1375086 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1375086)
accepted
Species
Achatina (Lissachatina) zanzibarica Bourguignat, 1879 · unaccepted > superseded combination
Achatina kilimae var. rollei C. R. Boettger, 1913 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Achatina lhotellerii Bourguignat, 1879 · unaccepted (junior synonym)
Achatina madaziniana Clench & Archer, 1930 · unaccepted (junior synonym)
Achatina usambarensis Rolle, 1895 · unaccepted (junior synonym)
Achatina zanzibarica Bourguignat, 1879 · unaccepted (original combination)
Achatina zanzibarica var. naegelei C. Boettger, 1913 · unaccepted (junior synonym)
(of Achatina zanzibarica Bourguignat, 1879) Bourguignat, J.-R. (1879). <i>Description de diverses espèces terrestres et fluviatiles et de différents genres de Mollusques de l'Égypte, de l'Abyssinie, de Zanzibar, du Sénégal et du Centre de l'Afrique</i>. 54 pp. Paris: Jules Tremblay. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33858637
page(s): 5 [details]
page(s): 5 [details]
Type locality contained in Zanzibar
type locality contained in Zanzibar [from synonym] [view taxon] [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Lissachatina zanzibarica (Bourguignat, 1879). Accessed at: https://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1375086 on 2025-09-11
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original description
(of Achatina madaziniana Clench & Archer, 1930) Clench, W. J. & Archer, A. F. (1930). New land snails from Tanganyika territory. <em>Occasional Papers of the Boston Society of Natural History.</em> 5: 295-300., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/34576635
page(s): 299 [details]
original description (of Achatina kilimae var. rollei C. R. Boettger, 1913) Boettger, C. R. (1913). Descriptions of new species of land shells from Africa. <em>Proceedings of the Malacological Society of London.</em> 10: 348-354., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15237349
page(s): 351, pl. 16, fig. 1. [details]
original description (of Achatina zanzibarica Bourguignat, 1879) Bourguignat, J.-R. (1879). <i>Description de diverses espèces terrestres et fluviatiles et de différents genres de Mollusques de l'Égypte, de l'Abyssinie, de Zanzibar, du Sénégal et du Centre de l'Afrique</i>. 54 pp. Paris: Jules Tremblay. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33858637
page(s): 5 [details]
original description (of Achatina zanzibarica var. naegelei C. Boettger, 1913) Boettger, C. R. (1913). Descriptions of new species of land shells from Africa. <em>Proceedings of the Malacological Society of London.</em> 10: 348-354., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15237349
page(s): 351, pl. 16, fig. 4. [details]
original description (of Achatina lhotellerii Bourguignat, 1879) Bourguignat, J.-R. (1879). <i>Description de diverses espèces terrestres et fluviatiles et de différents genres de Mollusques de l'Égypte, de l'Abyssinie, de Zanzibar, du Sénégal et du Centre de l'Afrique</i>. 54 pp. Paris: Jules Tremblay. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33858637
page(s): 7 [details]
original description (of Achatina usambarensis Rolle, 1895) Bequaert, J. C. (1950). Studies in the Achatininae, a group of African land snails. <em>Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology.</em> 105(1): 1-216, plates 1-81., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11841320
page(s): 114 [details]
new combination reference Fontanilla I.K.C. (2010). </i>Achatina (Lissachatina) fulica</i> Bowdich: its molecular phylogeny, genetic variation in global populations, and its possible role in the spread of the rat lungworm <i>Angiostrongylus cantonensis</i> (Chen). PhD thesis, University of Nottingham. 634 pp. , available online at http://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/11069/1/Fontanilla-2010.pdf [details]
page(s): 299 [details]
original description (of Achatina kilimae var. rollei C. R. Boettger, 1913) Boettger, C. R. (1913). Descriptions of new species of land shells from Africa. <em>Proceedings of the Malacological Society of London.</em> 10: 348-354., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15237349
page(s): 351, pl. 16, fig. 1. [details]
original description (of Achatina zanzibarica Bourguignat, 1879) Bourguignat, J.-R. (1879). <i>Description de diverses espèces terrestres et fluviatiles et de différents genres de Mollusques de l'Égypte, de l'Abyssinie, de Zanzibar, du Sénégal et du Centre de l'Afrique</i>. 54 pp. Paris: Jules Tremblay. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33858637
page(s): 5 [details]
original description (of Achatina zanzibarica var. naegelei C. Boettger, 1913) Boettger, C. R. (1913). Descriptions of new species of land shells from Africa. <em>Proceedings of the Malacological Society of London.</em> 10: 348-354., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15237349
page(s): 351, pl. 16, fig. 4. [details]
original description (of Achatina lhotellerii Bourguignat, 1879) Bourguignat, J.-R. (1879). <i>Description de diverses espèces terrestres et fluviatiles et de différents genres de Mollusques de l'Égypte, de l'Abyssinie, de Zanzibar, du Sénégal et du Centre de l'Afrique</i>. 54 pp. Paris: Jules Tremblay. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33858637
page(s): 7 [details]
original description (of Achatina usambarensis Rolle, 1895) Bequaert, J. C. (1950). Studies in the Achatininae, a group of African land snails. <em>Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology.</em> 105(1): 1-216, plates 1-81., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11841320
page(s): 114 [details]
new combination reference Fontanilla I.K.C. (2010). </i>Achatina (Lissachatina) fulica</i> Bowdich: its molecular phylogeny, genetic variation in global populations, and its possible role in the spread of the rat lungworm <i>Angiostrongylus cantonensis</i> (Chen). PhD thesis, University of Nottingham. 634 pp. , available online at http://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/11069/1/Fontanilla-2010.pdf [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
