WoRMS taxon details
Achatinoidea Swainson, 1840
413332 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:413332)
accepted
Superfamily
Subulinoidea P. Fischer & Crosse, 1877 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
- Family Achatinidae Swainson, 1840
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent + fossil
Not documented
WoRMS (2026). Achatinoidea Swainson, 1840. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=413332 on 2026-06-24
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Achatininae Swainson, 1840) Swainson, W. (1840). A treatise on malacology; or the natural classification of shells and shell-fish. Longman, London, viii + 419 pp., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/33450
page(s): 334; note: original spelling Achatinae [details]
basis of record Bouchet P., Rocroi J.P., Hausdorf B., Kaim A., Kano Y., Nützel A., Parkhaev P., Schrödl M. & Strong E.E. (2017). Revised classification, nomenclator and typification of gastropod and monoplacophoran families. <em>Malacologia.</em> 61(1-2): 1-526., available online at https://doi.org/10.4002/040.061.0201 [details] Available for editors
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page(s): 334; note: original spelling Achatinae [details]
basis of record Bouchet P., Rocroi J.P., Hausdorf B., Kaim A., Kano Y., Nützel A., Parkhaev P., Schrödl M. & Strong E.E. (2017). Revised classification, nomenclator and typification of gastropod and monoplacophoran families. <em>Malacologia.</em> 61(1-2): 1-526., available online at https://doi.org/10.4002/040.061.0201 [details] Available for editors
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additional source
Schileyko, A. A. (1999). Treatise on Recent terrestrial pulmonate molluscs. Part 4. Draparnaudiidae, Caryodidae, Macrocyclidae, Acavidae, Clavatoridae, Dorcasiidae, Sculptariidae, Corillidae, Plectopylidae, Megalobulimidae, Strophocheilidae, Cerionidae, Achatinidae, Subulinidae, Glessulidae, Micractaeonidae, Ferussaciidae. <em>Ruthenica.</em> Supplement 2: 437-564. Moskva [December].
page(s): 473 [details]
page(s): 473 [details]
