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Achatinella viridans Mighels, 1845
1473084 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1473084)
accepted
Species
Achatinella (Bulimella) macrostoma L. Pfeiffer, 1855 · alternative representation
Achatinella (Bulimella) radiata L. Pfeiffer, 1846 · alternative representation
Achatinella (Bulimella) rutila Newcomb, 1854 · alternative representation
Achatinella (Bulimella) viridans Mighels, 1845 · alternative representation
Achatinella macrostoma L. Pfeiffer, 1855 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Achatinella radiata L. Pfeiffer, 1846 · unaccepted > junior homonym
Achatinella rutila Newcomb, 1854 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Achatinella subvirens Newcomb, 1854 · unaccepted (junior synonym)
Mighels, J. W. (1845). Descriptions of shells from the Sandwich Islands, and other localities. <em>Proceedings of the Boston Society of Natural History.</em> 2: 18-25. Title page dated 1848., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/9490702
page(s): 20-21 [details]
page(s): 20-21 [details]
Type locality contained in Oahu Island, Hawaiian Islands
MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Achatinella viridans Mighels, 1845. Accessed at: https://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1473084 on 2025-09-11
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original description
Mighels, J. W. (1845). Descriptions of shells from the Sandwich Islands, and other localities. <em>Proceedings of the Boston Society of Natural History.</em> 2: 18-25. Title page dated 1848., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/9490702
page(s): 20-21 [details]
original description (of Achatinella macrostoma L. Pfeiffer, 1855) Pfeiffer, L. (1854-1855). Weitere Beobachtungen über die Gattung <i>Achatinella</i>. <em>Malakozoologische Blätter.</em> 2(1): 1-7; (2): 64-70 (pp. 1-3 published in 1854)., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15864742
page(s): 5 [details]
original description (of Achatinella radiata L. Pfeiffer, 1846) Pfeiffer, L. (1846). Remarks on the genus <i>Achatinella</i>, Swainson, and descriptions of six new species from the collection of Hugh Cuming, Esq. <em>Proceedings of the zoological Society of London.</em> 13(150): 89–90. London [31 January]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12862585
page(s): 89 [details]
original description (of Achatinella rutila 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): 138, pl. 22, fig. 21 [details]
basis of record Kilias, R. (1969). Die Typen und Typoide der Mollusken-Sammlung des Zoologischen Museums in Berlin (5). II. Euthyneura, Stylommatophora, Orthurethra, Achatinellacea (Tornatellidae, Achatinellidae, Partulidae) und Pupillacea (Pyramidulidae, Vertiginidae, Orculidae, Chondrinidae, Pupillidae, Valloniidae). Mitteilungen aus dem Zoologischen Museum in Berlin, 45 (2): 245-258. Berlin [28 May]., available online at https://doi.org/10.1002/mmnz.19690450208 [details] Available for editors
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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): 60. [details] Available for editors
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page(s): 20-21 [details]
original description (of Achatinella macrostoma L. Pfeiffer, 1855) Pfeiffer, L. (1854-1855). Weitere Beobachtungen über die Gattung <i>Achatinella</i>. <em>Malakozoologische Blätter.</em> 2(1): 1-7; (2): 64-70 (pp. 1-3 published in 1854)., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15864742
page(s): 5 [details]
original description (of Achatinella radiata L. Pfeiffer, 1846) Pfeiffer, L. (1846). Remarks on the genus <i>Achatinella</i>, Swainson, and descriptions of six new species from the collection of Hugh Cuming, Esq. <em>Proceedings of the zoological Society of London.</em> 13(150): 89–90. London [31 January]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12862585
page(s): 89 [details]
original description (of Achatinella rutila 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): 138, pl. 22, fig. 21 [details]
basis of record Kilias, R. (1969). Die Typen und Typoide der Mollusken-Sammlung des Zoologischen Museums in Berlin (5). II. Euthyneura, Stylommatophora, Orthurethra, Achatinellacea (Tornatellidae, Achatinellidae, Partulidae) und Pupillacea (Pyramidulidae, Vertiginidae, Orculidae, Chondrinidae, Pupillidae, Valloniidae). Mitteilungen aus dem Zoologischen Museum in Berlin, 45 (2): 245-258. Berlin [28 May]., available online at https://doi.org/10.1002/mmnz.19690450208 [details] Available for editors

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): 60. [details] Available for editors




