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Achatinella pulcherrima Swainson, 1828
1452528 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1452528)
accepted
Species
Achatinella (Bulimella) mahogani Gulick, 1858 · alternative representation
Achatinella (Bulimella) melanostoma Newcomb, 1854 · alternative representation
Achatinella (Bulimella) multicolor L. Pfeiffer, 1855 · alternative representation
Achatinella (Bulimella) pulcherrima Swainson, 1828 · alternative representation
Achatinella mahogani Gulick, 1858 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Achatinella melanostoma Newcomb, 1854 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Achatinella multicolor L. Pfeiffer, 1855 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
- Subspecies Achatinella pulcherrima aptycha L. Pfeiffer, 1855
- Subspecies Achatinella pulcherrima nympha Gulick, 1858
- Subspecies Achatinella pulcherrima pulcherrima Swainson, 1828
- Variety Achatinella pulcherrima var. elongata L. Pfeiffer, 1868 accepted as Achatinella apexfulva napus L. Pfeiffer, 1855 (unaccepted > nomen nudum)
Swainson, W. (1828). The characters of <i>Achatinella</i>, a new group of terrestrial shells, with descriptions of six species. <em>Quarterly Journal of Science, Literature. and Art.</em> (1828): 81-86., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2424736
page(s): 86 [details]
page(s): 86 [details]
Note Islands of the Pacific Ocean
Type locality Islands of the Pacific Ocean [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Achatinella pulcherrima Swainson, 1828. Accessed at: http://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1452528 on 2025-09-11
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original description
Swainson, W. (1828). The characters of <i>Achatinella</i>, a new group of terrestrial shells, with descriptions of six species. <em>Quarterly Journal of Science, Literature. and Art.</em> (1828): 81-86., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2424736
page(s): 86 [details]
original description (of Achatinella mahogani Gulick, 1858) Gulick, J. T. (1858). Descriptions of new species of <i>Achatinella</i>, from the Hawaiian Islands [conclu.]. <em>Annals of the Lyceum of Natural History of New York.</em> 6: 231–255, pl. 8., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16023835#page/259/
page(s): 254, pl. 8, fig. 72 [details]
original description (of Achatinella multicolor L. Pfeiffer, 1855) Pfeiffer, L. (1855). Descriptions of twenty-seven new species of <i>Achatinella</i>, from the collection of H. Cuming, Esq., collected by Dr. Newcomb and by Mons. D. Frick, late Consul-General of France at the Sandwich Islands. <em>Proceedings of the zoological Society of London.</em> 23(284): 1–7, pl. 30. London [27 March]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30747832
page(s): 4, pl. 30, fig. 11 [details]
original description (of Achatinella melanostoma Newcomb, 1854) Newcomb, W. (1854). Descriptions of seventy·nine new species of <i>Achatinella</i>, (Swains.), a genus of pulmoniferous mollusks, in the collection of Hugh Cuming, Esq. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> 21: 128-157, pls 22-24. ["1853"; published 14 November 1854; offprint distributed before June]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30747263
page(s): 132, pl. 22, fig. 7 [details]
additional source Cowie, R. H., Evenhuis, N. L. & Christensen, C. C. (1995). <i>Catalog of the native land and freshwater molluscs of the Hawaiian Islands</i>. vi + 248 pp. Leiden: Backhuys Publishers.
page(s): 59. [details] Available for editors
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page(s): 86 [details]
original description (of Achatinella mahogani Gulick, 1858) Gulick, J. T. (1858). Descriptions of new species of <i>Achatinella</i>, from the Hawaiian Islands [conclu.]. <em>Annals of the Lyceum of Natural History of New York.</em> 6: 231–255, pl. 8., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16023835#page/259/
page(s): 254, pl. 8, fig. 72 [details]
original description (of Achatinella multicolor L. Pfeiffer, 1855) Pfeiffer, L. (1855). Descriptions of twenty-seven new species of <i>Achatinella</i>, from the collection of H. Cuming, Esq., collected by Dr. Newcomb and by Mons. D. Frick, late Consul-General of France at the Sandwich Islands. <em>Proceedings of the zoological Society of London.</em> 23(284): 1–7, pl. 30. London [27 March]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30747832
page(s): 4, pl. 30, fig. 11 [details]
original description (of Achatinella melanostoma Newcomb, 1854) Newcomb, W. (1854). Descriptions of seventy·nine new species of <i>Achatinella</i>, (Swains.), a genus of pulmoniferous mollusks, in the collection of Hugh Cuming, Esq. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> 21: 128-157, pls 22-24. ["1853"; published 14 November 1854; offprint distributed before June]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30747263
page(s): 132, pl. 22, fig. 7 [details]
additional source Cowie, R. H., Evenhuis, N. L. & Christensen, C. C. (1995). <i>Catalog of the native land and freshwater molluscs of the Hawaiian Islands</i>. vi + 248 pp. Leiden: Backhuys Publishers.
page(s): 59. [details] Available for editors
[request]
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Type locality Islands of the Pacific Ocean [details]
