MolluscaBase taxon details
Amastra micans (L. Pfeiffer, 1859)
1717173 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1717173)
accepted
Species
Achatinella micans L. Pfeiffer, 1859 · unaccepted > superseded combination
Amastra (Paramastra) micans (L. Pfeiffer, 1859) · alternative representation
Amastra frosti Ancey, 1892 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Amastra frosti var. unicolor Ancey, 1899 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Helicter (Laminella) erecta Pease, 1869 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
(of Achatinella micans L. Pfeiffer, 1859) Pfeiffer, L. (1859). Descriptions of eight new species of <i>Achatinella</i>, from Mr. Cuming's collection. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> 27(385): 30–32. London [30 June]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/44707237
page(s): 31 [details]
page(s): 31 [details]
Type locality contained in Hawaiian Islands
type locality contained in Hawaiian Islands (origin: native) [from synonym] [view taxon] [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Amastra micans (L. Pfeiffer, 1859). Accessed at: https://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1717173 on 2025-09-11
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original description
(of Achatinella micans L. Pfeiffer, 1859) Pfeiffer, L. (1859). Descriptions of eight new species of <i>Achatinella</i>, from Mr. Cuming's collection. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> 27(385): 30–32. London [30 June]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/44707237
page(s): 31 [details]
original description (of Helicter (Laminella) erecta Pease, 1869) Pease, W. H. (1869). Description d'espèces nouvelles du genre <i>Helicter</i>, habitant les îles Hawaii. <em>Journal de Conchyliologie.</em> 17: 167-176., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15662381
page(s): 174 [details]
original description (of Amastra frosti Ancey, 1892) Ancey, C. F. (1892). Études sur la faune malacologique des Iles Sandwich. <em>Mémoires de la Société zoologique de France.</em> 5: 708-722., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/10109623
page(s): 719-720 [details]
original description (of Amastra frosti var. unicolor Ancey, 1899) Ancey, C. F. (1899). Some notes on the non-marine molluscan fauna of the Hawaiian Islands, with diagnoses of new species. <em>Proceedings of the Malacological Society of London.</em> 3(5): 268-274, pls 12-13., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/32075623
page(s): 269, pl. 12, fig. 11 [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): 109 [details] Available for editors
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page(s): 31 [details]
original description (of Helicter (Laminella) erecta Pease, 1869) Pease, W. H. (1869). Description d'espèces nouvelles du genre <i>Helicter</i>, habitant les îles Hawaii. <em>Journal de Conchyliologie.</em> 17: 167-176., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15662381
page(s): 174 [details]
original description (of Amastra frosti Ancey, 1892) Ancey, C. F. (1892). Études sur la faune malacologique des Iles Sandwich. <em>Mémoires de la Société zoologique de France.</em> 5: 708-722., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/10109623
page(s): 719-720 [details]
original description (of Amastra frosti var. unicolor Ancey, 1899) Ancey, C. F. (1899). Some notes on the non-marine molluscan fauna of the Hawaiian Islands, with diagnoses of new species. <em>Proceedings of the Malacological Society of London.</em> 3(5): 268-274, pls 12-13., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/32075623
page(s): 269, pl. 12, fig. 11 [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): 109 [details] Available for editors
[request]
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