Marine Species Traits - Lissachatina allisa (Reeve, 1849)

Traits taxon details

Lissachatina allisa (Reeve, 1849)

AphiaID

1375083 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1375083)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Species

Parent

Lissachatina Bequaert, 1950

Original name

Achatina allisa Reeve, 1849

Environment

~~marine~~, ~~brackish~~, ~~fresh~~, terrestrial

Original description

(of ) Reeve, L. A. (1849-1850). Monograph of the genus Achatina. In: Conchologia Iconica, or, illustrations of the shells of molluscous animals, pl. 1-23 and unpaginated text. L. Reeve & Co., London. [stated dates: pls 1-8, Feb. 1849; 9-13, Mar. 1849; 14, Apr. 1849; 15, 16, May 1849; 17-19, Jun. 1849; 20-23, Mar. 1850]. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8967091 [details]

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Lissachatina allisa (Reeve, 1849). Accessed through: Marine Species Traits editorial board (2025) Marine Species Traits at: https://www.marinespecies.org/traits/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1375083 on 2025-05-18

Thematic species database citation

Marine Species Traits editorial board (2025). Marine Species Traits. Lissachatina allisa (Reeve, 1849). Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/traits/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1375083 on 2025-05-18

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2019-09-04 12:44:32Z

created

Herbert, David

2022-02-27 12:36:41Z

changed

Herbert, David

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Sources (3)
Attributes (4)

original description (of ) Reeve, L. A. (1849-1850). Monograph of the genus Achatina. In: Conchologia Iconica, or, illustrations of the shells of molluscous animals, pl. 1-23 and unpaginated text. L. Reeve & Co., London. [stated dates: pls 1-8, Feb. 1849; 9-13, Mar. 1849; 14, Apr. 1849; 15, 16, May 1849; 17-19, Jun. 1849; 20-23, Mar. 1850]. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8967091 [details]

taxonomy source Bequaert, J. C. (1950). Studies in the Achatininae, a group of African land snails. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology. 105(1): 1-216, plates 1-81., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11841320 [details]

new combination reference Fontanilla I.K.C. (2010). Achatina (Lissachatina) fulica Bowdich: its molecular phylogeny, genetic variation in global populations, and its possible role in the spread of the rat lungworm Angiostrongylus cantonensis (Chen). PhD thesis, University of Nottingham. 634 pp. , available online at http://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/11069/1/Fontanilla-2010.pdf [details]

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