MolluscaBase - Achatina margaritacea L. Pfeiffer, 1857

MolluscaBase name details

Achatina margaritacea L. Pfeiffer, 1857

AphiaID

1515402 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1515402)

Classification

Status

unaccepted (original combination)

Accepted name

Salasiella margaritacea (L. Pfeiffer, 1857)

Rank

Species

Parent

Achatina Lamarck, 1799

Original name

Achatina margaritacea L. Pfeiffer, 1857

Environment

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

Original description

Pfeiffer, L. (1857). Descriptions of twenty-seven new species of land- shells, collected by M. Sallé in the State of Vera Cruz, Mexico. <em>Proceedings of the zoological Society of London.</em> 24 (320–321) [“1856”]: 318–324, pl. 35. London [10 March]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12860870
page(s): 321 [details]

Type data

Type locality contained in Veracruz

type locality contained in Veracruz [details]

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Achatina margaritacea L. Pfeiffer, 1857. Accessed at: http://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1515402 on 2025-09-11

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2021-06-15 08:24:39Z

created

Köhler, Frank

2021-08-14 23:45:53Z

changed

Köhler, Frank

Licensing

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Documented distribution (1)

original description Pfeiffer, L. (1857). Descriptions of twenty-seven new species of land- shells, collected by M. Sallé in the State of Vera Cruz, Mexico. <em>Proceedings of the zoological Society of London.</em> 24 (320–321) [“1856”]: 318–324, pl. 35. London [10 March]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12860870
page(s): 321 [details]

Present

Inaccurate

Introduced: alien

Containing type locality