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Achatina fulica Bowdich, 1822

881463  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:881463)

 unaccepted > superseded combination
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Helix (Cochlitoma) fulica Férussac, 1821 · unaccepted (nomen nudum)
Helix fulica Röding, 1798 · unaccepted > nomen nudum

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Bowdich, T.E. (1822). <i>Elements of conchology, including the fossil genera and the animals. Part I. Univalves</i>. 79 pp., 19 pls. Paris. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/45861
page(s): pl. 13, fig. 3.; note: name attributed by Bowdich to Lamarck [details]   
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original description Bowdich, T.E. (1822). <i>Elements of conchology, including the fossil genera and the animals. Part I. Univalves</i>. 79 pp., 19 pls. Paris. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/45861
page(s): pl. 13, fig. 3.; note: name attributed by Bowdich to Lamarck [details]   

context source (Bermuda) Hughes, I. W. (1971). Giant African snail. Monthly Bulletin - Department of Agriculture & Fisheries, Bermuda Government, Bermuda, 41(6): 48 [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): 325 [details]  Available for editors  PDF available [request] 

additional source Bacci, G. (1951). Elementi per una malacofauna dell'Abissinia e della Somalia. Annali del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale Giacomo Doria, 65: 1-145. Genova.
page(s): 70. [details]  Available for editors  PDF available [request] 

additional source Connolly, M. (1925). The non-marine Mollusca of Portuguese East Africa. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Africa, 12 (3): 105-220, pl. 4-8. Cape Town. [March].
page(s): 169 [details]   

additional source Fischer-Piette, E. & Vukadinovic, D. (1974). Les Mollusques terrestres des Iles Comores. Mémoires du Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Nouvelle Série, Série A, Zoologie, 84: 1-76, 1 plate. Paris.
page(s): 46 [details]   

additional source Fischer-Piette, E.; C. P. Blanc; F. Blanc & F. Salvat. (1994). Gastéropodes terrestres pulmonés. <em>Faune de Madagascar.</em> 83: 1-552.
page(s): 43 [details]  Available for editors  PDF available [request] 

additional source Nevill, G. (1870). On the land shells of Bourbon, with descriptions of a few new species. The Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal, Part II, 39 (4): 403-416. Calcutta [28 December]., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/41302006
page(s): 414 [details]   

additional source Tomiyama, K. & Miyashita, K. (1992). Variation of egg clutches in the giant african snail, Achatina fulica (Férussac) (Stylommatophora: Achatinidae) in Ogasawara Islands. <em>VENUS (The Japanese Journals of Malacology).</em> 51 (4): 293-301. [details]  Available for editors  PDF available [request] 

additional source Vermeulen, J.J. & Whitten, A.J. (1998). Guide to the land snails of Bali, 164. Leiden: Backhuys.
page(s): 90, fig. 79 [details]  Available for editors  PDF available [request] 

additional source Emberton, K.C.; Slapcinsky, J.; Campbell, C.A.; Rakotondrazafy, J.A.; Andriamiarison, T.N; Emberton, J.D. (2010). Terrestrial mollusks of Andriantantely Massif, Eastern Madagascar, with descriptions of 36 new species (Gastropoda: Caenogastropoda; Pulmonata). <em>Archiv für Molluskenkunde.</em> 139(1): 71–141., available online at https://doi.org/10.1127/arch.moll/1869-0963/139/071-141
page(s): 91 [details]  Available for editors  PDF available [request] 

additional source Griffiths, O.L. & Florens, V.F.B. (2006). A field guide to the non-marine molluscs of the Mascarene Islands (Mauritius, Rodrigues and Réunion) and the northern dependencies of Mauritius. Bioculture Press: Mauritius. Pp. i–xv, 1–185, pls 1-32.
page(s): 92 [details]   

additional source Bruggen, A. C. van. (1987). <i>Achatina fulica</i> in Morocco, North Africa. <em>Basteria.</em> 51: 66., available online at https://natuurtijdschriften.nl/pub/596848 [details]   

additional source Maassen, W. J. M. (2001). A preliminary checklist of the non-marine molluscs of West-Malaysia: "a Hand List". <em>De Kreukel, Extra Editie 2001.</em> 1–155.
page(s): 78 [details]  Available for editors  PDF available [request] 

additional source Chase, R. & Robinson, D. G. (2001). The uncertain history of land snails on Barbados: implications for conservation. <em>Malacologia.</em> 43(1-2): 33-57., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13142882
page(s): 57 [details]   

additional source National Institute of Biological Resources. (2019). National Speices list of Korea. II. Vertebrates, Invertebrates, Protozoans. <em>Designzip. 908 pp.</em>
page(s): 338 [details]  Available for editors  PDF available [request] 

additional source Naggs, F. & Raheem, D. (2000). Land snail diversity in Sri Lanka. An illustrated guide prepared for the launch of the Darwin Initiative programme. Photography by Harold Taylor. The Natural History Museum, London. pages i-xiii, 1-203. 246 coloured plates. ISBN 0565091514 (printed version), ISBN 0565091565 (compact disc)., available online at https://www.nhm.ac.uk/our-science/data/tropical-land-snails/taxa.dsml [details]   

additional source Mead, A. R. (1961). The Giant African Snail. A Problem in Economic Malacology. xvii + 257pp. The University of Chicago Press. [details]   

additional source Nevill, G. (1869). Additional notes on the land-shells of the Seychelles Islands. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> 1869: 61-66., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28662916
page(s): 64 [details]   

additional source Benson, W. H. (1858). Note sur la transportation et la naturalisation au Bengale de l'<i> Achatina fulica</i> de Lamarck. <em>Journal de Conchliologie, series 2.</em> 7: 266-268., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15863239
note: With note by Petit (pg. 268). [details]   

additional source Charles, L. (2016). Inventaire de mollusques terrestres de Guadeloupe, Petites Antilles: données préliminaires. <em>Journal MalaCo.</em> 12: 47-56.
page(s): 50 [details]  Available for editors  PDF available [request] 

additional source Mead, A. R. & Palcy, L. (1992). Two giant African land snail species spread to Martinique, French West Indies. <em>The Veliger.</em> 35(1): 74-77., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/42467136 [details]   

additional source Clement, D., Nolf, P. & Nolf, F. (2016). Shelling on Sint-Maarten/Saint Martin, the 'Friendly Island', Part 1: Introduction and land Mollusca. <em>Neptunea.</em> 14(1): 1-29, pls. 1-8, text-figures., available online at https://neptuneaorg.files.wordpress.com/2019/02/np14-1-tekst.pdf
page(s): 22, pl. 4, figs. 18-21 [details]   

additional source Bertrand, A. (2002). Notes sur les mollusques terrestres de Saint-Martin (Petites Antilles). <em>Documents Malacologiques.</em> 2(2001): 35-37.
page(s): 35-37, Pl. 1, fig. E [details]  Available for editors  PDF available [request] 

additional source Yokoyama, M. (2013). <i>The Incomplete Guide to the Wildlife of Saint Martin, 2nd edition</i>. 128pp.
page(s): 116 [details]  Available for editors  PDF available [request] 

additional source Uchida, R.; Yahya, B. E.; Ahmad, A. H.; Sapaat, A.; Tomiyama, K. (2013). Land Snail Fauna of Sabah, Borneo, Malaysia. <em>Venus (Journal of the Malacological Society of Japan).</em> 71 (1–2): 49–59. [details]  Available for editors  PDF available [request] 

additional source Tomiyama, K. (2002). Age Dependency of Sexual Role and Reproductive Ecology in a Simultaneously Hermaphroditic Land Snail, Achatina fulica (Stylommatophora: Achatinidae). <em>Venus (Journal of the Malacological Society of Japan).</em> 60 (4): 273-283. [details]  Available for editors  PDF available [request] 

additional source Annandale, N. (1907). The distribution in India of the African snail, <i>Achatina fulica</i> Fér. <em>Records of the Indian Museum.</em> 1(2): 176-177., available online at http://faunaofindia.nic.in/PDFVolumes/records/001/02/0176-0177.pdf [details]   

additional source Anonymous. (1926). Snail pest at Deniyaya, Ceylon. <em>The Nautilus.</em> 40(1): 33., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8523166 [details]   

additional source Takeda, N. ; Ohtake, S. (1994). Fine Structure of the Dorsal Bodies of the Giant African Snail, Achatina fulica. <em>VENUS (The Japanese Journals of Malacology).</em> 53(3): 189- 199. [details]  Available for editors  PDF available [request] 

additional source Tomiyama, K. (1993). Growth and Maturation Pattern in the African Giant Snail, Achatina fulica (Ferussae) (Stylommatophora: Achatinidae). <em>VENUS (The Japanese Journals of Malacology).</em> 52(1): 87-100. [details]  Available for editors  PDF available [request] 

additional source Takeda, N.; Hasegawa, K. (1984). Some Electro-physiological Examinations on the Induction of Behavior in Terrestrial Pulmonates. <em>VENUS (The Japanese Journals of Malacology).</em> 43(4); 353−362. [details]  Available for editors  PDF available [request] 

additional source Takayanagi, H. ; Takeda, N. (1984). Effects of Neuropeptides and Neurotransmitters on the Contraction of the Cardiac and Pharyngeal Retractor Muscles in Some Terrestrial Pulmonates". <em>VENUS (The Japanese Journals of Malacology).</em> 43(4):363-372. [details]  Available for editors  PDF available [request] 

additional source Takeda, N.; Sugiyama, K. (1984). Gonadal Regeneration and Sex Steroid Hormones in Some Terrestrial Pulmonates. <em>VENUS (The Japanese Journals of Malacology).</em> 43(1):72−85. [details]  Available for editors  PDF available [request] 

additional source Lee, H. G. & Diekmann, B. (2021). Does the giant African snail need protection? - Nomenclatorially, that is . <em>Shell-O-Gram.</em> 62(3):3-8, Jacksonville Shell Club, Inc., Jacksonville, Florida. [details]  Available for editors  PDF available [request] 

additional source Liat, L. B. (1966). Land molluscs as food of Malaysian mammals and insectivores. <em>Journal of Zoology.</em> 148: 554-560. [details]   

additional source Bruggen, A. C. van. (1981). <i>Achatina fulica</i> on the island of Timor, Lesser Sunda Islands (Indonesia). <em>Basteria.</em> 45(4/5): 90., available online at https://natuurtijdschriften.nl/pub/596741 [details]   

additional source Barnett, J. L. (1988). Land snails of the mountains of northern Luzon. <em>Hawaiian Shell News.</em> 36(1): 9, figs. 4-6; 36(3): 9, figs. 7-9; 36(6): 3, 9-10, figs. 10-14., available online at https://www.conchology.be/?t=5002&year=1988&volume=1&hsn=10335
page(s): 3, 9, fig. 12 [details]   

additional source Hanna, G. D. (1948). Indiscriminate scattering of exotic mollusks. <em>The Nautilus.</em> 62(1): 28-31., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8519568
page(s): 29-30 [details]   

additional source Abbott, R. T. (1948). The spread and destructiveness of the giant African snail, <i>Achatina fulica</i>. <em>The Nautilus.</em> 62(1): 31-34., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8519570 [details]   

additional source Mead, A. R. (1955). The proposed introduction of predatory snails into California. <em>The Nautilus.</em> 69(2): 37-40., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8525200 [details]   

additional source Pemberton, C. E. (1956). Defense of a predator. <em>The Nautilus.</em> 69(4): 143-144., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8525313 [details]   

additional source Kondo, Y. (1956). Second <i>Helix aspersa</i> in Hawaii and data on carnivorous snails. <em>The Nautilus.</em> 70(2): 71-72., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8520738 [details]   

additional source Kondo, Y. (1964). Growth rates in <i>Achatina fulica</i> Bowdich. <em>The Nautilus.</em> 78(1): 6-15., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8521301 [details]   

additional source Krauss, N. L. H. (1964). Investigations on biological control of giant African (<i>Achatina fulica</i>) and other land snails. <em>The Nautilus.</em> 78(1): 21-27., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8521316 [details]   

additional source Kekauoha, W. (1966). Life history and population studies of <i>Achatina fulica</i>. <em>The Nautilus.</em> 80(1): 3-10; 80(2): 39-46., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8518610 [details]   

additional source Abbott, R. T. (1969). <i>Achatina fulica</i> invades Florida. <em>The Nautilus.</em> 83(2): 75., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8515343 [details]   

additional source Behura, B. K. (1955). Depredations of the giant African land snail, <i>Achatina fulica</i> (Ferussac) in Balasore (Orissa). <em>Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society.</em> 55(2): 287-288., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/48180555#page/373/ [details]   
 
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