MolluscaBase name details
Achatinella alexandri Newcomb, 1865
1505781 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1505781)
unaccepted > superseded combination
Species
Newcomb, W. (1865). Description of new species of land shells. <em>Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences.</em> (1) 3: 179-182., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/3147794
page(s): 182 [details]
page(s): 182 [details]
Type locality contained in Maui Island
, Note West Maui, at an elevation of 7,500 feet
type locality contained in Maui Island (origin: native) [details]
From editor or global species database
Type locality West Maui, at an elevation of 7,500 feet [details]
Etymology Named for the collector of the type series, Reverend M. Alexander
Etymology Named for the collector of the type series, Reverend M. Alexander [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Achatinella alexandri Newcomb, 1865. Accessed at: https://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1505781 on 2025-09-11
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original description
Newcomb, W. (1865). Description of new species of land shells. <em>Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences.</em> (1) 3: 179-182., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/3147794
page(s): 182 [details]
additional source 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): 114 [details] Available for editors
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page(s): 182 [details]
additional source 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): 114 [details] Available for editors
[request]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
