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Achatina sowerbyi E. A. Smith, 1890
1430808 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1430808)
unaccepted (junior subjective synonym)
Species
Achatina smithi G. B. Sowerby III, 1890 · unaccepted (invalid: junior primary homonym...)
invalid: junior primary homonym of Achatina smithii Craven, 1881; Achatina sowerbyi E. A. Smith, 1890 is a replacement name.
Smith, E. A. (1890). List of the species of <i>Achatina</i>, from South Africa, with the description of a new species. <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History.</em> Series 6, 6: 390–394., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/51276093
page(s): 392. [details]
page(s): 392. [details]
Nomenclature Nom. nov. for Achatina smithi G. B. Sowerby III, 1890, non Achatina smithii Craven, 1881
Nomenclature Nom. nov. for Achatina smithi G. B. Sowerby III, 1890, non Achatina smithii Craven, 1881 [details]
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Smith, E. A. (1890). List of the species of <i>Achatina</i>, from South Africa, with the description of a new species. <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History.</em> Series 6, 6: 390–394., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/51276093
page(s): 392. [details]
source of synonymy 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): 138. [details]
page(s): 392. [details]
source of synonymy 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): 138. [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
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Nomenclature Nom. nov. for Achatina smithi G. B. Sowerby III, 1890, non Achatina smithii Craven, 1881 [details]
To NHMUK collection (Achatina smithi Sowerby, 1890; SYNTYPE; NHMUK:ecatalogue:7774104) (from synonym Achatina smithi G. B. Sowerby III, 1890)
From editor or global species database
Hosted externally, from synonym
