Marine Species Traits - Lissachatina fulica coloba (Pilsbry, 1904)

MolluscaBase taxon details

Lissachatina fulica coloba (Pilsbry, 1904)

AphiaID

1430790 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1430790)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Subspecies

Parent

Lissachatina fulica (Bowdich, 1822)

Original name

Achatina fulica var. coloba Pilsbry, 1904

Synonymised names

Achatina fulica var. coloba Pilsbry, 1904 · unaccepted (basionym)

Environment

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

Original description

(of Achatina fulica var. coloba Pilsbry, 1904) Pilsbry, H. A. (1904-1905). Manual of conchology, structural and systematic, with illustrations of the species. Ser. 2, Pulmonata. Vol. 17: African Achatinidae. pp i-v, 1-232, pls 1-65. Philadelphia, published by the Conchological Department, Academy of Natural Sciences. [pp. 1-64, pls. 1-10, Sept. 23, 1904; pp. 65-112, pls. 11-23, Nov. 26, 1904; pp. 113-208, pls. 24-43, Mar. 1, 1905; pp. 209-232, i-xviii, figs. 1-6, 1-9, pls. 44-65, Jun. 1905]. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/1101855
page(s): 58, pl. 37, fig. 21 [details]

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Lissachatina fulica coloba (Pilsbry, 1904). Accessed at: https://molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1430790 on 2025-05-15

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2020-04-09 01:18:24Z

created

Köhler, Frank

Licensing

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Attributes (4)

original description (of Achatina fulica var. coloba Pilsbry, 1904) Pilsbry, H. A. (1904-1905). Manual of conchology, structural and systematic, with illustrations of the species. Ser. 2, Pulmonata. Vol. 17: African Achatinidae. pp i-v, 1-232, pls 1-65. Philadelphia, published by the Conchological Department, Academy of Natural Sciences. [pp. 1-64, pls. 1-10, Sept. 23, 1904; pp. 65-112, pls. 11-23, Nov. 26, 1904; pp. 113-208, pls. 24-43, Mar. 1, 1905; pp. 209-232, i-xviii, figs. 1-6, 1-9, pls. 44-65, Jun. 1905]. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/1101855
page(s): 58, pl. 37, fig. 21 [details]

status 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
page(s): 78 [details]

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