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Achatina penestes Melvill & Ponsonby, 1893

1258443  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1258443)

 unaccepted > superseded combination
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Melvill, J. C. & Ponsonby, J. H. (1893). Descriptions of twenty new species of terrestrial and fluviatile Mollusca from South Africa. <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History, Series. 6, 12: 103–112.</em> , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/24343863
page(s): 104, pl. 3, fig. 3 [details]   
Note Pretoria [Gauteng, South Africa].  
Type locality Pretoria [Gauteng, South Africa]. [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2024). MolluscaBase. Achatina penestes Melvill & Ponsonby, 1893. Accessed at: https://molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1258443 on 2024-03-29
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original description Melvill, J. C. & Ponsonby, J. H. (1893). Descriptions of twenty new species of terrestrial and fluviatile Mollusca from South Africa. <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History, Series. 6, 12: 103–112.</em> , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/24343863
page(s): 104, pl. 3, fig. 3 [details]   

additional source Connolly, M. (1939). A monographic survey of South African non-marine Mollusca. <em>Annals of the South African Museum.</em> 33: 1-660.
page(s): 316 [details]  Available for editors  PDF available [request] 
 
 Present  Inaccurate  Introduced: alien  Containing type locality 
   

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Type locality Pretoria [Gauteng, South Africa]. [details]

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