MolluscaBase taxon details
Achatinella turgida Newcomb, 1854
1480262 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1480262)
accepted
Species
Achatinella (Achatinella) albospira (E. A. Smith, 1873) · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Achatinella (Achatinella) turgida Newcomb, 1854 · alternative representation
Achatinella albospira (E. A Smith, 1873) · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Achatinella swiftii Newcomb, 1854 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Apex albospira E. A. Smith, 1873 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
- Subspecies Achatinella turgida perplexa Pilsbry & C. M. Cooke, 1914 accepted as Achatinella apexfulva perplexa Pilsbry & C. M. Cooke, 1914 (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Subspecies Achatinella turgida simulacrum Pilsbry & C. M. Cooke, 1914 accepted as Achatinella apexfulva simulacrum Pilsbry & C. M. Cooke, 1914 (unaccepted > superseded combination)
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): 8, pl. 22, figs 10, 10a.; note: See Newcomb (1854: 134, pl. 22, figs. 10-10a). [details]
page(s): 8, pl. 22, figs 10, 10a.; note: See Newcomb (1854: 134, pl. 22, figs. 10-10a). [details]
Type locality contained in Hawaiian Islands, Oahu Island
, Note Oahu, Ewa
Type locality Oahu, Ewa [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Achatinella turgida Newcomb, 1854. Accessed at: https://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1480262 on 2025-09-10
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original description
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): 8, pl. 22, figs 10, 10a.; note: See Newcomb (1854: 134, pl. 22, figs. 10-10a). [details]
original description (of Apex albospira E. A. Smith, 1873) Gulick, J. T. & Smith, E. A. (1873). Descriptions of new species of Achatinellinae. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> 1873: 73-89., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28504266
page(s): 77, pl. 10, fig. 8. [details]
original description (of Achatinella swiftii 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> pp. 3-31, 3 pls.
page(s): 7, pl. 22, figs. 9-9a; note: see Newcomb (1854: 133, pl. 22, figs. 9-9a) [details]
basis of record 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): 47. [details] Available for editors
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page(s): 8, pl. 22, figs 10, 10a.; note: See Newcomb (1854: 134, pl. 22, figs. 10-10a). [details]
original description (of Apex albospira E. A. Smith, 1873) Gulick, J. T. & Smith, E. A. (1873). Descriptions of new species of Achatinellinae. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> 1873: 73-89., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28504266
page(s): 77, pl. 10, fig. 8. [details]
original description (of Achatinella swiftii 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> pp. 3-31, 3 pls.
page(s): 7, pl. 22, figs. 9-9a; note: see Newcomb (1854: 133, pl. 22, figs. 9-9a) [details]
basis of record 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): 47. [details] Available for editors
[request]
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Type locality Oahu, Ewa [details]
