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Amastra affinis (Newcomb, 1854)
1486340 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1486340)
accepted
Species
Achatinella (Laminella) goniostoma L. Pfeiffer, 1855 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Achatinella affinis Newcomb, 1854 · unaccepted > superseded combination
Achatinella pupoidea Newcomb, 1854 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Amastra (Amastra) affinis (Newcomb, 1854) · alternative representation
Amastra (Amastra) affinis affinis (Newcomb, 1854) · unaccepted
Amastra (Amastra) affinis pupoidea Newcomb, 1854 · unaccepted
Amastra (Amastra) affinis subpulla Hyatt & Pilsbry, 1911 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Amastra (Amastra) affinis var. bigener Hyatt, 1911 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Amastra (Amastra) affinis var. cinderella Hyatt, 1911 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Amastra (Amastra) bigener Hyatt, 1911 · alternative representation
Amastra (Amastra) bigener var. aberrans Hyatt, 1911 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Amastra affinis subpulla Hyatt & Pilsbry, 1911 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Amastra affinis var. bigener Hyatt, 1911 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Amastra bigener Hyatt, 1911 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Amastra bigener var. abberans Hyatt, 1911 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Amastra rustica Gulick, 1873 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
- Subspecies Amastra affinis subpulla Hyatt & Pilsbry, 1911 accepted as Amastra affinis (Newcomb, 1854) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Variety Amastra affinis var. bigener Hyatt, 1911 accepted as Amastra affinis (Newcomb, 1854) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Variety Amastra affinis var. cinderella Hyatt, 1911 accepted as Amastra assimilis (Newcomb, 1854) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Subspecies Amastra affinis kaupakaluana Hyatt & Pilsbry, 1911 (uncertain > taxon inquirendum)
- Subspecies Amastra affinis pupoidea (Newcomb, 1854) (uncertain > taxon inquirendum)
(of Achatinella affinis 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): 16, pl. 23, fig. 35. [details]
page(s): 16, pl. 23, fig. 35. [details]
Type locality contained in Hawaiian Islands, Maui...
, Note Kula, E. Maui [=Maui]
type locality contained in Hawaiian Islands (origin: native) [details]
type locality contained in Maui Island (origin: native) [details]
type locality contained in Hawaii (origin: native) [from synonym] [view taxon] [details]
type locality contained in Hawaiian Islands (origin: native) [from synonym] [view taxon] [details]
type locality contained in Maui Island (origin: native) [from synonym] [view taxon] [details]
type locality contained in Maui Island (origin: native) [details]
type locality contained in Hawaii (origin: native) [from synonym] [view taxon] [details]
type locality contained in Hawaiian Islands (origin: native) [from synonym] [view taxon] [details]
type locality contained in Maui Island (origin: native) [from synonym] [view taxon] [details]
Type locality Kula, E. Maui [=Maui] [details]
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original description
(of Achatinella affinis 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): 16, pl. 23, fig. 35. [details]
original description (of Achatinella pupoidea 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): 18, pl. 23, fig. 42. [details]
original description (of Amastra affinis var. bigener Hyatt, 1911) Hyatt, A. & Pilsbry, H. A. (1910-1911). <i>Manual of conchology, structural and systematic, with illustrations of the species</i>. Ser. 2, Pulmonata. Vol. 21: Achatinellidae (Amastrinae). pp i-xxii, 1-387, pls 1-56. Philadelphia, published by the Conchological Department, Academy of Natural Sciences. [pp. 1-64, pls 1-9, 30 July 1910; pp. 65-128, pls 10-23, 14 March 1911; pp. 129-240, pls 24-36, 23 August 1911; pp. i-xxii, 241-387, pls 37-56, 19 December 1911]. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/23701752
page(s): 300, pl. 44, fig. 7 [details]
original description (of Amastra (Amastra) affinis var. bigener Hyatt, 1911) Hyatt, A. & Pilsbry, H. A. (1910-1911). <i>Manual of conchology, structural and systematic, with illustrations of the species</i>. Ser. 2, Pulmonata. Vol. 21: Achatinellidae (Amastrinae). pp i-xxii, 1-387, pls 1-56. Philadelphia, published by the Conchological Department, Academy of Natural Sciences. [pp. 1-64, pls 1-9, 30 July 1910; pp. 65-128, pls 10-23, 14 March 1911; pp. 129-240, pls 24-36, 23 August 1911; pp. i-xxii, 241-387, pls 37-56, 19 December 1911]. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/23701752
page(s): 300, pl. 44, fig. 7 [details]
original description (of Amastra (Amastra) affinis var. cinderella Hyatt, 1911) Hyatt, A. & Pilsbry, H. A. (1910-1911). <i>Manual of conchology, structural and systematic, with illustrations of the species</i>. Ser. 2, Pulmonata. Vol. 21: Achatinellidae (Amastrinae). pp i-xxii, 1-387, pls 1-56. Philadelphia, published by the Conchological Department, Academy of Natural Sciences. [pp. 1-64, pls 1-9, 30 July 1910; pp. 65-128, pls 10-23, 14 March 1911; pp. 129-240, pls 24-36, 23 August 1911; pp. i-xxii, 241-387, pls 37-56, 19 December 1911]. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/23701752
page(s): 300, pl. 45, figs. 1-2 [details]
original description (of Amastra (Amastra) affinis subpulla Hyatt & Pilsbry, 1911) Hyatt, A. & Pilsbry, H. A. (1910-1911). <i>Manual of conchology, structural and systematic, with illustrations of the species</i>. Ser. 2, Pulmonata. Vol. 21: Achatinellidae (Amastrinae). pp i-xxii, 1-387, pls 1-56. Philadelphia, published by the Conchological Department, Academy of Natural Sciences. [pp. 1-64, pls 1-9, 30 July 1910; pp. 65-128, pls 10-23, 14 March 1911; pp. 129-240, pls 24-36, 23 August 1911; pp. i-xxii, 241-387, pls 37-56, 19 December 1911]. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/23701752
page(s): 300-301, pl. 45, figs. 3-4 [details]
original description (of Amastra rustica Gulick, 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): 84, pl. 10, fig. 17. [details]
original description (of Amastra (Amastra) bigener var. aberrans Hyatt, 1911) Hyatt, A. & Pilsbry, H. A. (1910-1911). <i>Manual of conchology, structural and systematic, with illustrations of the species</i>. Ser. 2, Pulmonata. Vol. 21: Achatinellidae (Amastrinae). pp i-xxii, 1-387, pls 1-56. Philadelphia, published by the Conchological Department, Academy of Natural Sciences. [pp. 1-64, pls 1-9, 30 July 1910; pp. 65-128, pls 10-23, 14 March 1911; pp. 129-240, pls 24-36, 23 August 1911; pp. i-xxii, 241-387, pls 37-56, 19 December 1911]. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/23701752
page(s): 300, pl. 44, fig. 8 [details]
original description (of Achatinella (Laminella) goniostoma L. Pfeiffer, 1855) Pfeiffer, L. (1856). Descriptions of twenty-three new species of <em>Achatinella</em>, collected by Mr. D. Frick in the Sandwich Islands; from Mr. Cuming's collection. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> 23 (297) [“1855”]: 202–206. London [5 February]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30748103
page(s): 203; note: Not 1855: 103 as indicated by Hyatt & Pilsbry (1911: 297) [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): 90. [details] Available for editors
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page(s): 16, pl. 23, fig. 35. [details]
original description (of Achatinella pupoidea 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): 18, pl. 23, fig. 42. [details]
original description (of Amastra affinis var. bigener Hyatt, 1911) Hyatt, A. & Pilsbry, H. A. (1910-1911). <i>Manual of conchology, structural and systematic, with illustrations of the species</i>. Ser. 2, Pulmonata. Vol. 21: Achatinellidae (Amastrinae). pp i-xxii, 1-387, pls 1-56. Philadelphia, published by the Conchological Department, Academy of Natural Sciences. [pp. 1-64, pls 1-9, 30 July 1910; pp. 65-128, pls 10-23, 14 March 1911; pp. 129-240, pls 24-36, 23 August 1911; pp. i-xxii, 241-387, pls 37-56, 19 December 1911]. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/23701752
page(s): 300, pl. 44, fig. 7 [details]
original description (of Amastra (Amastra) affinis var. bigener Hyatt, 1911) Hyatt, A. & Pilsbry, H. A. (1910-1911). <i>Manual of conchology, structural and systematic, with illustrations of the species</i>. Ser. 2, Pulmonata. Vol. 21: Achatinellidae (Amastrinae). pp i-xxii, 1-387, pls 1-56. Philadelphia, published by the Conchological Department, Academy of Natural Sciences. [pp. 1-64, pls 1-9, 30 July 1910; pp. 65-128, pls 10-23, 14 March 1911; pp. 129-240, pls 24-36, 23 August 1911; pp. i-xxii, 241-387, pls 37-56, 19 December 1911]. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/23701752
page(s): 300, pl. 44, fig. 7 [details]
original description (of Amastra (Amastra) affinis var. cinderella Hyatt, 1911) Hyatt, A. & Pilsbry, H. A. (1910-1911). <i>Manual of conchology, structural and systematic, with illustrations of the species</i>. Ser. 2, Pulmonata. Vol. 21: Achatinellidae (Amastrinae). pp i-xxii, 1-387, pls 1-56. Philadelphia, published by the Conchological Department, Academy of Natural Sciences. [pp. 1-64, pls 1-9, 30 July 1910; pp. 65-128, pls 10-23, 14 March 1911; pp. 129-240, pls 24-36, 23 August 1911; pp. i-xxii, 241-387, pls 37-56, 19 December 1911]. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/23701752
page(s): 300, pl. 45, figs. 1-2 [details]
original description (of Amastra (Amastra) affinis subpulla Hyatt & Pilsbry, 1911) Hyatt, A. & Pilsbry, H. A. (1910-1911). <i>Manual of conchology, structural and systematic, with illustrations of the species</i>. Ser. 2, Pulmonata. Vol. 21: Achatinellidae (Amastrinae). pp i-xxii, 1-387, pls 1-56. Philadelphia, published by the Conchological Department, Academy of Natural Sciences. [pp. 1-64, pls 1-9, 30 July 1910; pp. 65-128, pls 10-23, 14 March 1911; pp. 129-240, pls 24-36, 23 August 1911; pp. i-xxii, 241-387, pls 37-56, 19 December 1911]. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/23701752
page(s): 300-301, pl. 45, figs. 3-4 [details]
original description (of Amastra rustica Gulick, 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): 84, pl. 10, fig. 17. [details]
original description (of Amastra (Amastra) bigener var. aberrans Hyatt, 1911) Hyatt, A. & Pilsbry, H. A. (1910-1911). <i>Manual of conchology, structural and systematic, with illustrations of the species</i>. Ser. 2, Pulmonata. Vol. 21: Achatinellidae (Amastrinae). pp i-xxii, 1-387, pls 1-56. Philadelphia, published by the Conchological Department, Academy of Natural Sciences. [pp. 1-64, pls 1-9, 30 July 1910; pp. 65-128, pls 10-23, 14 March 1911; pp. 129-240, pls 24-36, 23 August 1911; pp. i-xxii, 241-387, pls 37-56, 19 December 1911]. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/23701752
page(s): 300, pl. 44, fig. 8 [details]
original description (of Achatinella (Laminella) goniostoma L. Pfeiffer, 1855) Pfeiffer, L. (1856). Descriptions of twenty-three new species of <em>Achatinella</em>, collected by Mr. D. Frick in the Sandwich Islands; from Mr. Cuming's collection. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> 23 (297) [“1855”]: 202–206. London [5 February]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30748103
page(s): 203; note: Not 1855: 103 as indicated by Hyatt & Pilsbry (1911: 297) [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): 90. [details] Available for editors
[request]
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Type locality Kula, E. Maui [=Maui] [details]
