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Pseudachatina downesii (G. B. Sowerby I, 1838)
1429961 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1429961)
accepted
Species
Bulimus downesii G. B. Sowerby I, 1838 · unaccepted
Bulinus downesii G. B. Sowerby I, 1838 · unaccepted > superseded combination
Pseudachatina dennisoni var. connectens d'Ailly, 1896 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Pseudachatina downesii var. grandinata d'Ailly, 1896 · unaccepted (junior synonym)
Pseudachatina downesii var. sodeni Kobelt, 1895 · unaccepted (presumed synonym)
Pseudachatina sodeni d'Ailly, 1896 · unaccepted (junior synonym)
- Variety Pseudachatina downesii var. grandinata d'Ailly, 1896 accepted as Pseudachatina downesii (G. B. Sowerby I, 1838) (junior synonym)
- Variety Pseudachatina downesii var. sodeni Kobelt, 1895 accepted as Pseudachatina downesii (G. B. Sowerby I, 1838) (presumed synonym)
- Variety Pseudachatina downesii var. pyramidata Kobelt, 1895 (uncertain > taxon inquirendum, use in recent literature currently undocumented)
(of Bulinus downesii G. B. Sowerby I, 1838) Sowerby, G. B. I; Sowerby, G. B. II. (1832-1841). <i>The Conchological Illustrations; or coloured figures of hitherto unfigured Recent shells</i>. London, privately published. 200 pls. in 200 parts.
page(s): pl. 145, fig. 99 [details]
page(s): pl. 145, fig. 99 [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Pseudachatina downesii (G. B. Sowerby I, 1838). Accessed at: https://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1429961 on 2025-09-11
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original description
(of Pseudachatina dennisoni var. connectens d'Ailly, 1896) d'Ailly A. (1896). Contributions ä la connaissance des mollusques terrestres et d'eau douce de Kaméroun. <em>Bihang till Kongl. Svenska vetenskaps-akademiens handlingar.</em> 22 (4), nº 2. 138 pp., 15 pl., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13076371
page(s): 92, PL IV, Fig. 1—3 [details]
original description (of Bulinus downesii G. B. Sowerby I, 1838) Sowerby, G. B. I; Sowerby, G. B. II. (1832-1841). <i>The Conchological Illustrations; or coloured figures of hitherto unfigured Recent shells</i>. London, privately published. 200 pls. in 200 parts.
page(s): pl. 145, fig. 99 [details]
basis of record d'Ailly A. (1896). Contributions ä la connaissance des mollusques terrestres et d'eau douce de Kaméroun. <em>Bihang till Kongl. Svenska vetenskaps-akademiens handlingar.</em> 22 (4), nº 2. 138 pp., 15 pl., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13076371
page(s): 86. [details]
additional source Ortiz de Zárate López, A. & Ortiz de Zárate Rocandio, A. (1959). Descripción de los moluscos terrestres de la isla de Fernando Poo (familia Achatinidae). 1-123, pls. 1-8. Insituto de Estudios Africanos, Madrid.
page(s): 27. [details] Available for editors
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additional source Wronski, T., Gilbert, K., Long, E., Micha, B., Quinn, R. & Hausdorf, B. (2014). Species richness and meta-community structure of land snails along an altitudinal gradient on Bioko Island, Equatorial Guinea. <em>Journal of Molluscan Studies.</em> 80: 161–168.
page(s): 164.; note: Attributed to Gray, 1840. [details]
page(s): 92, PL IV, Fig. 1—3 [details]
original description (of Bulinus downesii G. B. Sowerby I, 1838) Sowerby, G. B. I; Sowerby, G. B. II. (1832-1841). <i>The Conchological Illustrations; or coloured figures of hitherto unfigured Recent shells</i>. London, privately published. 200 pls. in 200 parts.
page(s): pl. 145, fig. 99 [details]
basis of record d'Ailly A. (1896). Contributions ä la connaissance des mollusques terrestres et d'eau douce de Kaméroun. <em>Bihang till Kongl. Svenska vetenskaps-akademiens handlingar.</em> 22 (4), nº 2. 138 pp., 15 pl., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13076371
page(s): 86. [details]
additional source Ortiz de Zárate López, A. & Ortiz de Zárate Rocandio, A. (1959). Descripción de los moluscos terrestres de la isla de Fernando Poo (familia Achatinidae). 1-123, pls. 1-8. Insituto de Estudios Africanos, Madrid.
page(s): 27. [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Wronski, T., Gilbert, K., Long, E., Micha, B., Quinn, R. & Hausdorf, B. (2014). Species richness and meta-community structure of land snails along an altitudinal gradient on Bioko Island, Equatorial Guinea. <em>Journal of Molluscan Studies.</em> 80: 161–168.
page(s): 164.; note: Attributed to Gray, 1840. [details]
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