MolluscaBase - Achatina adamsii L. Pfeiffer, 1846

MolluscaBase name details

Achatina adamsii L. Pfeiffer, 1846

AphiaID

1493066 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1493066)

Classification

Status

unaccepted (unnecessary replacement name)

Accepted name

Costavarix costulatus (C. B. Adams, 1845)

Rank

Species

Parent

Achatina Lamarck, 1799

Original name

Achatina adamsii L. Pfeiffer, 1846

Environment

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

Original description

Pfeiffer, L. (1846). Descriptions of new species of land-shells from Jamaica, collected by Mr. Gosse. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. 13 (154) [“1845”]: 137–138. London [28 February]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12862633
page(s): 138; note: nom. nov. pro Achatina costulata C. B. Adams, 1845 not L. Pfeiffer, 1845, but Adams' name was published earlier [details]

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Achatina adamsii L. Pfeiffer, 1846. Accessed at: https://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1493066 on 2025-09-11

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2021-03-19 17:19:09Z

created

Auffenberg, Kurt

2021-09-24 05:20:58Z

changed

Köhler, Frank

Licensing

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Sources (2)

original description Pfeiffer, L. (1846). Descriptions of new species of land-shells from Jamaica, collected by Mr. Gosse. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. 13 (154) [“1845”]: 137–138. London [28 February]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12862633
page(s): 138; note: nom. nov. pro Achatina costulata C. B. Adams, 1845 not L. Pfeiffer, 1845, but Adams' name was published earlier [details]

source of synonymy Rosenberg, G. & Muratov, I. V. (2006). Status report on the terrestrial Mollusca of Jamaica. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia. 155: 117-161; Erratum: 156: 401 (2007).
page(s): 152 [details]