MolluscaBase - Parachatina thomsoni (E. A. Smith, 1880)

MolluscaBase name details

Parachatina thomsoni (E. A. Smith, 1880)

AphiaID

1492976 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1492976)

Classification

Status

unaccepted

Accepted name

Achatina spekei Dohrn, 1864

Rank

Species

Parent

Parachatina Bourguignat, 1890 accepted as Achatina Lamarck, 1799

Original name

Achatina thomsoni E. A. Smith, 1880

Environment

~~marine~~, ~~brackish~~, ~~fresh~~, terrestrial

Original description

(of Achatina thomsoni E. A. Smith, 1880) Smith, E. A. (1880). Diagnoses of new shells from Lake Tanganyika and East Africa. <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History.</em> ser. 5, 6: 425-430., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25170650
page(s): 428. [details]

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Parachatina thomsoni (E. A. Smith, 1880). Accessed at: http://molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1492976 on 2025-09-11

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2021-03-19 09:51:01Z

created

Herbert, David

Licensing

The webpage text is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License

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Sources (2)

original description (of Achatina thomsoni E. A. Smith, 1880) Smith, E. A. (1880). Diagnoses of new shells from Lake Tanganyika and East Africa. <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History.</em> ser. 5, 6: 425-430., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25170650
page(s): 428. [details]

basis of record Bourguignat, J.-R. (1890). Mollusques de l'Afrique équatoriale de Moguedouchou à Bagamoyo et de Bagamoyo au Tanganika. 1-229, pls 1-8. Book dated 1889, publication date 1890., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12909251
page(s): 73. [details]