MolluscaBase name details
Achatina elegans Klein, 1853 †
934863 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:934863)
unaccepted > junior homonym (junior homonym of A. elegans C.B. Adams, 1849; Poiretia kleiniana is a replacement name; new combination)
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Klein, A. (1853). Conchylien der Süsswasserkalkformation Württembergs. Jahreshefte des Vereins für vaterländische Naturkunde in Württemberg. 9, 203-223., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7983357
page(s): 214, pl. 5, fig. 11 [details]
page(s): 214, pl. 5, fig. 11 [details]
Note Mörsingen near Zwiefalten,...
Type locality Mörsingen near Zwiefalten, Baden-Württemberg, Germany; late Burdigalian to early Langhian (mammal zone MN 5), early to middle Miocene (locality indicated on p. 204) [details]
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Klein, A. (1853). Conchylien der Süsswasserkalkformation Württembergs. Jahreshefte des Vereins für vaterländische Naturkunde in Württemberg. 9, 203-223., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7983357
page(s): 214, pl. 5, fig. 11 [details]
status source Salvador, R. B.; Höltke, O.; Rasser, M. W.; Kadolsky, D. (2016). Annotated type catalogue of the continental fossil gastropods in the Staatliches Museum für Naturkunde Stuttgart, Germany. <em>Palaeodiversity.</em> 9(1): 15-70., available online at https://doi.org/10.18476/pale.v9.a3
page(s): 69 [details]
page(s): 214, pl. 5, fig. 11 [details]
status source Salvador, R. B.; Höltke, O.; Rasser, M. W.; Kadolsky, D. (2016). Annotated type catalogue of the continental fossil gastropods in the Staatliches Museum für Naturkunde Stuttgart, Germany. <em>Palaeodiversity.</em> 9(1): 15-70., available online at https://doi.org/10.18476/pale.v9.a3
page(s): 69 [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
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Type locality Mörsingen near Zwiefalten, Baden-Württemberg, Germany; late Burdigalian to early Langhian (mammal zone MN 5), early to middle Miocene (locality indicated on p. 204) [details]
