MolluscaBase name details
Achatinella tetrao Newcomb, 1855
1505826 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1505826)
unaccepted > superseded combination
Species
Achatinella tetrao L. Pfeiffer, 1856 · unaccepted > junior homonym
Newcomb, W. (1855). [Five species of <i>Achatinella</i>]. <em>Proceedings of the Boston Society of Natural History.</em> 5: 218-220., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8871356
page(s): 219; note: Description of shell [details]
Newcomb, W. (1855). Abstract of descriptions of some animals of <i>Achatinella</i>, and other remarks. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> 22: 310-311 [1854] [8 May]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30747737
page(s): 311; note: Description of soft anatomy [details]
page(s): 219; note: Description of shell [details]
Newcomb, W. (1855). Abstract of descriptions of some animals of <i>Achatinella</i>, and other remarks. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> 22: 310-311 [1854] [8 May]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30747737
page(s): 311; note: Description of soft anatomy [details]
Type locality contained in Lanai Island
, Note as Ranai
type locality contained in Lanai Island (origin: native) [details]
Type locality as Ranai [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Achatinella tetrao Newcomb, 1855. Accessed at: https://molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1505826 on 2025-09-11
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original description
Newcomb, W. (1855). [Five species of <i>Achatinella</i>]. <em>Proceedings of the Boston Society of Natural History.</em> 5: 218-220., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8871356
page(s): 219; note: Description of shell [details]
original description Newcomb, W. (1855). Abstract of descriptions of some animals of <i>Achatinella</i>, and other remarks. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> 22: 310-311 [1854] [8 May]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30747737
page(s): 311; note: Description of soft anatomy [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): 116 [details] Available for editors
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page(s): 219; note: Description of shell [details]
original description Newcomb, W. (1855). Abstract of descriptions of some animals of <i>Achatinella</i>, and other remarks. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> 22: 310-311 [1854] [8 May]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30747737
page(s): 311; note: Description of soft anatomy [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): 116 [details] Available for editors
[request]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
From editor or global species database
Type locality as Ranai [details]
