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Achatina sculpta L. Pfeiffer, 1856
1617562 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1617562)
unaccepted > superseded combination
Species
Pfeiffer, L. (1856). Descriptions of five new species of terrestrial Mollusca, from the collection of H. Cuming, Esq. <em>Proceedings of the zoological Society of London.</em> 23 (297) [“1855”]: 210–211. London [5 February].
page(s): 211 [details]
page(s): 211 [details]
Type locality contained in Oahu Island
type locality contained in Oahu Island (origin: native - endemic) [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Achatina sculpta L. Pfeiffer, 1856. Accessed at: https://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1617562 on 2025-09-10
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Pfeiffer, L. (1856). Descriptions of five new species of terrestrial Mollusca, from the collection of H. Cuming, Esq. <em>Proceedings of the zoological Society of London.</em> 23 (297) [“1855”]: 210–211. London [5 February].
page(s): 211 [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.
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page(s): 211 [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): 126 [details] Available for editors
[request]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
