MolluscaBase name details
Achatinella elegans Newcomb, 1854
1486576 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1486576)
unaccepted > superseded combination
Species
Achatinella candida L. Pfeiffer, 1855 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
- Variety Achatinella elegans var. inelegans Pilsbry & C. M. Cooke, 1913 accepted as Achatinella bulimoides vidua L. Pfeiffer, 1855 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
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): 149, pl. 24, fig. 57. [details]
page(s): 149, pl. 24, fig. 57. [details]
Type locality contained in Oahu Island, Hawaiian Islands
, Note Hauula
Type locality Hauula [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Achatinella elegans Newcomb, 1854. Accessed at: https://molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1486576 on 2025-09-11
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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): 149, pl. 24, fig. 57. [details]
page(s): 149, pl. 24, fig. 57. [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
From editor or global species database
Type locality Hauula [details]
