MolluscaBase taxon details
Achatina spekei Dohrn, 1864
1396113 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1396113)
accepted
Species
Achatina thomsoni E. A. Smith, 1880 · unaccepted (junior subjective synonym)
Parachatina thomsoni (E. A. Smith, 1880) · unaccepted
Dohrn, H. (1864). List of the shells collected by Capt. Speke during his second journey through central Africa. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> 1864: 116-118., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28500408
page(s): 117 [details]
page(s): 117 [details]
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original description
Dohrn, H. (1864). List of the shells collected by Capt. Speke during his second journey through central Africa. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> 1864: 116-118., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28500408
page(s): 117 [details]
original description (of Achatina thomsoni E. A. Smith, 1880) Smith, E. A. (1880). Diagnoses of new shells from Lake Tanganyika and East Africa. <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History.</em> ser. 5, 6: 425-430., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25170650
page(s): 428. [details]
page(s): 117 [details]
original description (of Achatina thomsoni E. A. Smith, 1880) Smith, E. A. (1880). Diagnoses of new shells from Lake Tanganyika and East Africa. <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History.</em> ser. 5, 6: 425-430., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25170650
page(s): 428. [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
