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Type Specimens
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    [0] =>  Oliver, Salvi & Al-Kandari
    [1] => (Marrat
    [2] => (Strebel MS) Melvill & Standen
    [3] => (Thiele)
    [4] => [Baird, or Gray]
    [5] => [Benson] Sowerby
    [6] => [Hanley] Reeve
    [7] => Adams
    [8] => Adams & Angas
    [9] => Adams in-Montagu
    [10] => Adams, A. & Reeve
    [11] => Adams, H.
    [12] => Alder
    [13] => Alder & Hancock
    [14] => Alder in Forbes & Hanley
    [15] => Ancey
    [16] => Ancey & Sykes in Ancey
    [17] => Ancey in Bavay & Dautzenberg
    [18] => Ancey in Garrett
    [19] => Ancey in Pilsbry
    [20] => Ancey in Vignon
    [21] => Ancey in Westerlund
    [22] => Anderson
    [23] => Angas
    [24] => Anthony
    [25] => Arango
    [26] => Bartsch
    [27] => Bavay
    [28] => Bavay & Dautzenburg
    [29] => Bean
    [30] => Bean in Thorpe
    [31] => Beddome
    [32] => Benson
    [33] => Bernardi
    [34] => Biggs
    [35] => Boettger
    [36] => Bouchet & Warén
    [37] => Bourne
    [38] => Broderip
    [39] => Broderip in Broderip & Sowerby 1st
    [40] => Brown & Verdcourt
    [41] => Brown & Weil (de Boury mss.)
    [42] => Bullen
    [43] => Burch & Burch
    [44] => Burnup
    [45] => Carpenter
    [46] => Cate
    [47] => Caudwell, Jones & Killeen
    [48] => Caziot
    [49] => Chaper
    [50] => Chaster
    [51] => Chen, Linse, Copley & Rogers
    [52] => Chesney & Oliver
    [53] => Clapp
    [54] => Clench
    [55] => Clench & Aguayo
    [56] => Clench & Turner
    [57] => Clessin
    [58] => Clover
    [59] => Coles & Nekola
    [60] => Collier
    [61] => Connolly
    [62] => Cooper & Preston
    [63] => Craven
    [64] => Crosse
    [65] => Crosse & Fischer
    [66] => Crosse & Fisher
    [67] => Crowley
    [68] => Crowley & Pain
    [69] => Crowley, Pain & Woodward
    [70] => Dall
    [71] => Dance
    [72] => Dance, Moolenbeek & Dekker
    [73] => Dautzenberg
    [74] => de boury
    [75] => de Folin
    [76] => de Mattia & Neiber
    [77] => de Mattia, Neiber & Groh
    [78] => Dean
    [79] => Dekker & Goud
    [80] => Dekker, Moolenbeek & Dance
    [81] => Deschamps
    [82] => Dillwyn
    [83] => Drouet & Chaper
    [84] => Dunker
    [85] => Dupuis & Putzeys
    [86] => Eliot
    [87] => Engl
    [88] => F. G. Thompson & Dance
    [89] => Farran
    [90] => Forbes & Hanley
    [91] => Ford
    [92] => Fulton
    [93] => G. B. Sowerby I
    [94] => Gaskoin
    [95] => Gassies
    [96] => Germain
    [97] => Geyer
    [98] => Gittenberger
    [99] => Gittenberger & Boeters
    [100] => Gittenberger & Goud
    [101] => Glover & Taylor
    [102] => Gmelin
    [103] => Godwin-Austen
    [104] => Goodrich
    [105] => Gray
    [106] => Gray in Sowerby
    [107] => Gredler
    [108] => Gude
    [109] => Gyngell
    [110] => Haas
    [111] => Hanley
    [112] => Hanley & Theobald
    [113] => Hedley
    [114] => Hemphill in Binney
    [115] => Henderson
    [116] => Henderson & Daniels
    [117] => Henderson & Simpson
    [118] => Hervier
    [119] => Heude
    [120] => Heurde
    [121] => Higgins & Marrat
    [122] => Holyoak & Seddon
    [123] => Houart
    [124] => Hoyle
    [125] => Iredale
    [126] => Iredale in Melvill & Standen
    [127] => Issel
    [128] => J. S. Miller
    [129] => Jackson
    [130] => Jeffreys
    [131] => Jones & Preston
    [132] => Jordan
    [133] => Jordan 
    [134] => Kennard
    [135] => Kennard & Woodward
    [136] => Kiener
    [137] => Killeen & Oliver
    [138] => Killeen & Turner
    [139] => King
    [140] => Kobelt
    [141] => Lancaster
    [142] => Layard
    [143] => Layard in Kobelt
    [144] => Lea
    [145] => Linnaeus
    [146] => Lowe
    [147] => Marie
    [148] => Marrat
    [149] => Marshall
    [150] => Martyn
    [151] => Maynard
    [152] => Maynard & Clapp in Maynard
    [153] => Melvil
    [154] => Melvill
    [155] => Melvill & Ponsonby
    [156] => Melvill & Standen
    [157] => Melvill & Sykes
    [158] => Melvill in Tryon
    [159] => Möllendorff
    [160] => Montagu
    [161] => Monterosato
    [162] => Moolenbeek & Dance
    [163] => Moore
    [164] => Morelet
    [165] => Morelet & H. Drouët
    [166] => Moricand
    [167] => Morrison
    [168] => Müller
    [169] => Neubert
    [170] => Nevill, G. & H.
    [171] => Newcomb
    [172] => Noronha
    [173] => Nuttall
    [174] => Oliver
    [175] => Oliver & Abou-Zeid
    [176] => Oliver & Chesney
    [177] => Oliver & Drewery
    [178] => Oliver & Glover
    [179] => Oliver & Holmes
    [180] => Oliver & Levin
    [181] => Oliver & Lutzen
    [182] => Oliver & Picken
    [183] => Oliver & Taylor
    [184] => Oliver & Vestheim
    [185] => Oliver & Zuschin
    [186] => Oliver, Rodrigues & Cunha
    [187] => Oliver, Salvi & Al-Kandari
    [188] => Pain
    [189] => Pain & Paul
    [190] => Pallary
    [191] => Pease
    [192] => Peuile
    [193] => Pfaffer, Rowson, Tattersfield & Neubert
    [194] => Pfeiffer
    [195] => Phillips
    [196] => Pilsbry
    [197] => Pilsbry & Ferriss
    [198] => Pilsbry & Henderson
    [199] => Pilsbry & Hinkley
    [200] => Pilsbry & Hirase
    [201] => Ponder
    [202] => Powell
    [203] => Preston
    [204] => Pulteney
    [205] => Putzeys
    [206] => Ramsden
    [207] => Reeve
    [208] => Reidel & Norris
    [209] => Rodrigues, Oliver & Cunha
    [210] => Rolle
    [211] => Rowson
    [212] => Rowson & Symondson
    [213] => Rowson & Tattersfield
    [214] => Rowson & Van Goethem
    [215] => Salisbury
    [216] => Schilder
    [217] => Schlesch
    [218] => Schwabe
    [219] => Seddon
    [220] => Seddon & Aparicio
    [221] => Seddon & Killeen
    [222] => Shackleford & Spence
    [223] => Smith
    [224] => Smith, E. A.
    [225] => Smythe & Oliver
    [226] => Sowerby
    [227] => Sowerby 1st
    [228] => Sowerby 2nd
    [229] => Sowerby 2nd in Reeve
    [230] => Sowerby 3rd
    [231] => Spence
    [232] => Sterki
    [233] => Strebel
    [234] => Stutchbury
    [235] => Swainson
    [236] => Swainson in Sowerby 1st
    [237] => Sykes
    [238] => T. Brown
    [239] => Tattersfield
    [240] => Tattersfield & Rowson
    [241] => Taylor
    [242] => Taylor & Glover
    [243] => Theobald
    [244] => Thiele
    [245] => Thompson
    [246] => Tiberi
    [247] => Tomlin
    [248] => Tomlin & Peile
    [249] => Tomlin & Shackleford
    [250] => Torre
    [251] => Torre & Bartsch
    [252] => Torre & Clench
    [253] => Torre & Ramsden in Ramsden
    [254] => Turton
    [255] => van Aartsen & Carrozza
    [256] => Verdcourt
    [257] => Vermeulen
    [258] => von Cosel
    [259] => Walker
    [260] => Watson
    [261] => Westerlund
    [262] => Wheeler
    [263] => Whitehead
    [264] => Williams
    [265] => Wollaston
    [266] => Woodward
    [267] => Wright
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Keyword: Achatinoidea First Prev Records 1 - 50 of 55 Next Last
Limicolaria abinsiensis Shackleford & Spence, 1916
Current name: Limicolaria abinsiensis Shackleford & Spence, 1916
Gastropoda : Stylommatophora (clade) : Achatinoidea : Achatinidae

Type Locality: Abinsi, Benue River, N. Nigeria [Nigeria]

Syntype(s)
Bulla achatina Linnaeus, 1758
The Linnean Society of London
Current name: Achatina achatina Linnaeus, 1758
Gastropoda : Stylommatophora (clade) : Achatinoidea : Achatinidae

Type Locality:

Syntype(s) (possible)
Subuliniscus adjacens Connolly, 1923
Current name: Subuliniscus adjacens Connolly, 1923
Gastropoda : Stylommatophora (clade) : Achatinoidea : Subulinidae

Type Locality: Kenya, Larogi Hills [Kenya]

Syntype(s)
Opeas albaniense Connolly, 1919
Current name: Opeas albaniense Connolly, 1919
Gastropoda : Stylommatophora : Achatinoidea : Achatinidae

Type Locality: Cape Province, Alicedale [locality of author's 'type', vide Connolly 1939: 352]; Grahamstown.

Paratype(s)
Ferussacia algerica Pallary, 1918
National Museums Liverpool
Current name: Ferussacia algerica
Gastropoda : Stylommatophora : Achatinina : Achatinoidea : Ferussaciidae

Type Locality:

Syntype(s) (possible) (ex author)
Limicolaria alhiensis Preston, 1912
National Museums Liverpool
Current name: Limicolaria martensiana catharia Dall, 1910
Gastropoda : Stylommatophora : Achatinina : Achatinoidea : Achatinidae

Type Locality: Alhi Plains Brit. E. Africa

Paralectotype(s)
Opeas angustior Preston, 1911
Current name: Streptostele angustior Preston, 1911
Gastropoda : Stylommatophora (clade) : Achatinoidea : Streptaxidae

Type Locality: Between Rumruti and Mount Kenia, British East Africa.

Syntype(s)
Limicolaria abinsiensis aurea Shackleford & Spence, 1916
Current name: Limicolaria abinsiensis aurea Shackleford & Spence, 1916
Gastropoda : Stylommatophora (clade) : Achatinoidea : Achatinidae

Type Locality: Abinsi, N. Nigeria [Nigeria]

Syntype(s)
Pseudoglessula batesi Connolly, 1923
Current name: Pseudoglessula batesi Connolly, 1923
Gastropoda : Stylommatophora : Achatinina : Achatinoidea : Achatinidae

Type Locality: Camerun, Bitze

Syntype(s) (possible)
Homorus (Subulona) bumbaensis Spence, 1923
Current name: Homorus (Subulona) bumbaensis Spence, 1923
Gastropoda : Stylommatophora (clade) : Achatinoidea : Achatinidae

Type Locality: Bumba, Congo Belge’ [Congo, Democratic Republic of the]

Syntype(s)
Opeas burnupi Connolly, 1919
Manchester Museum
Current name: Pseudopeas burnupi (Connolly, 1919)
Gastropoda : Stylommatophora : Achatinina : Achatinoidea : Achatinidae

Type Locality: Cape Province. The Gorge, Somerset East [locality of author's 'type', vide Connolly 1939: 357]. Natal, Karloof, Nottingham Road, Bulwer, Inhluzani, Fort Nottingham.

Syntype(s)
Bulimus (Limicolaria) chromatellus Morelet, 1866
Amgueddfa Cymru - National Museum Wales, Cardiff
Current name: Limicolaria chromatella (Morelet, 1866)
Gastropoda : Achatinoidea : Achatinidae

Type Locality: Angola, distr. Pungo-Andongo [Angola]

Syntype(s)
Achatina churchilliana Melvill & Ponsonby, 1895
Current name: Archachatina churchilliana (Melvill & Ponsonby, 1895)
Gastropoda : Stylommatophora (clade) : Achatinoidea : Achatinidae

Type Locality: Port Natal [South Africa]

Holotype
Achatina colubrina Morelet, 1866
Amgueddfa Cymru - National Museum Wales, Cardiff
Current name: Leptocalina colubrina (Morelet, 1866)
Gastropoda : Achatinoidea : Achatinidae

Type Locality: distr. Ambaca, prov. Angola [Angola]

Syntype(s)
Bulimus compressilabris Benson, 1856
Current name: Opeas hannense (Rang, 1831)
Gastropoda : Stylommatophora (clade) : Achatinoidea : Achatinidae

Type Locality: St. Helena [Saint Helena]

Syntype(s)
Burtoa nilotica ssp. congoensis Crowley & Pain, 1959
Current name: Burtoa nilotica ssp. congoensis Crowley & Pain, 1959
Gastropoda : Stylommatophora (clade) : Achatinoidea : Achatinidae

Type Locality: Belgian Congo, Haut-Lomami district, between Sampwe and Kikondja [Congo, Democratic Republic of the]

Paratype(s)
Achatina connollyi Preston, 1912
Current name: Achatina connollyi Preston, 1912
Gastropoda : Stylommatophora : Achatinoidea : Achatinidae

Type Locality: Victoria Falls, Rhodesia

Syntype(s)
Opeas cressyi Connolly, 1922
Manchester Museum
Current name: Opeas cressyi Connolly, 1922
Gastropoda : Stylommatophora : Achatinoidea : Achatinidae

Type Locality: District north of Macequece

Syntype(s)
Pseudoglessula (Pseudocerastus) cressyi Connolly, 1925
Current name: To be confirmed
Gastropoda : Stylommatophora : Achatinina : Achatinoidea : Achatinidae

Type Locality: L. Marques, District north of Macequece.

Syntype(s)
Helix decollata Linnaeus, 1758
The Linnean Society of London
Current name: Rumina decollata Linnaeus, 1758
Gastropoda : Stylommatophora : Achatinoidea : Achatinidae

Type Locality:

Syntype(s) (possible)
Curvella farquhari Connolly, 1919
Current name: Curvella farquhari Connolly, 1919
Gastropoda : Stylommatophora : Achatinoidea : Achatinidae

Type Locality: Cape Province: Mountain Drive, Grahamstown.

Syntype(s)
Hypolysia florentiae Melvill & Ponsonby, 1901
Current name: Opeas florentiae Melvill & Ponsonby, 1901
Gastropoda : Stylommatophora : Achatinoidea : Achatinidae

Type Locality: Durban, Natal

Syntype(s) (possible)
Helix goodallii J. S. Miller, 1822
Tenby Museum and Art Gallery
Current name: Opeas hannense (Rang, 1831)
Gastropoda : Stylommatophora : Achatinoidea : Achatinidae

Type Locality: Pineries (pineapple cultivation beds), Bristol [United Kingdom]

Syntype(s) (possible)
Homorus iredalei Preston, 1912
National Museums Liverpool
Current name: Oreohomorus nitidus (E. von Martens, 1897)
Gastropoda : Stylommatophora : Achatinina : Achatinoidea : Achatinidae

Type Locality: Pt Nr Kigezi

Paralectotype(s)
Limicolaria laikipiaensis Preston, 1913
Leeds Museums and Galleries
Current name: Limicolaria martensi laikipiaensis (Preston, 1913)
Gastropoda : Stylommatophora (clade) : Achatinoidea : Achatinidae

Type Locality: Rumruti, Laikipia Plateau, at an altitude of 7,000 feet, British East Africa [Kenya]

Paratype(s) (figured)
Achatina rhodesiaca lanceolata Melvill & Standen, 1907
Current name: Achatina rhodesiaca lanceolata Melvill & Standen, 1907
Gastropoda : Stylommatophora (clade) : Achatinoidea : Achatinidae

Type Locality: Kapopo, Rhodesia

Syntype(s)
Limicolaria leakeyi Crowley & Pain, 1963
Leeds Museums and Galleries
Current name: Limicolaria leakeyi Crowley & Pain, 1963
Gastropoda : Stylommatophora (clade) : Achatinoidea : Achatinidae

Type Locality: Songhor, Kavirondo, Kenya [Kenya]

Paratype(s) (possible)
Achatina rhodesiaca leucopasa Melvill & Standen, 1907
Current name: Achatina rhodesiaca leucopasa Melvill & Standen, 1907
Gastropoda : Stylommatophora (clade) : Achatinoidea : Achatinidae

Type Locality: N/A [Zimbabwe]

Lectotype
Achatina linterae Sowerby, 1890
Royal Albert Memorial Museum, Exeter
Current name: Cochlitoma zebra (Bruguière, 1789)
Gastropoda : Stylommatophora (clade) : Achatinoidea : Achatinidae

Type Locality: Port elizabeth [South Africa]

Holotype
Pseudachatina wrighti form. minor Pain & Paul, 1967
Current name: Pseudachatina wrighti form. minor Pain & Paul, 1967
Gastropoda : Stylommatophora (clade) : Achatinoidea : Achatinidae

Type Locality: Old Calabar [Nigeria]

Paratype(s)
Pseudachatina wrighti form minor Pain & Paul, 1967
Amgueddfa Cymru - National Museum Wales, Cardiff
Current name: Pseudachatina wrighti forma minor Pain & Paul, 1967
Gastropoda : Stylommatophora : Achatinoidea : Achatinidae

Type Locality: Old Calabar [Nigeria]

Holotype
Krapfiella mirabilis Preston, 1911
National Museums Liverpool
Current name: Krapfiella mirabilis Preston, 1911
Gastropoda : Stylommatophora : Achatinina : Achatinoidea : Achatinidae

Type Locality: Mt. Kenia 6 -8000ft Co - type

Paralectotype(s)
Euonyma fulgens var. nyiroensis Connolly, 1923
Current name: Euonyma fulgens nyiroensis Connolly, 1923
Gastropoda : Stylommatophora : Achatinina : Achatinoidea : Achatinidae

Type Locality: Kenya, Mt. Nyiro, S. of L. Rudolph, 8300 ft.

Syntype(s) (possible)
Pseudopeas opoboensis Spence, 1928
Current name: Pseudopeas opoboensis Spence, 1928
Gastropoda : Stylommatophora (clade) : Achatinoidea : Achatinidae

Type Locality: Opobo, S. Nigeria [Nigeria]

Holotype
Achatina penestes Melvill & Ponsonby, 1893
Current name: Cochlitoma penestes Melvill & Ponsonby, 1893
Gastropoda : Stylommatophora : Achatinoidea : Achatinidae

Type Locality: Pretoria

Syntype(s) (possible)
Stenogyra plebeia Morelet, 1885
Amgueddfa Cymru - National Museum Wales, Cardiff
Current name: Stenogyra plebeia Morelet, 1885
Gastropoda : Stylommatophora : Achatinina : Achatinoidea : Subulinidae

Type Locality: Environs de Landana [Angola]

Syntype(s)
Pseudachatina connectens form plicata Pain & Paul, 1967
Amgueddfa Cymru - National Museum Wales, Cardiff
Current name: Pseudachatina connectens forma plicata Pain & Paul, 1967
Gastropoda : Stylommatophora : Achatinoidea : Achatinidae

Type Locality: Dibonga Sanaga Rinie, S. Cameroons [Republic of Cameroon]

Holotype
Synapterpes (Promoussonius) propinquus Crowley, 1956
Amgueddfa Cymru - National Museum Wales, Cardiff
Current name: Synapterpes (Promoussonius) propinquus Crowley, 1956
Gastropoda : Stylommatophora : Achatinoidea : Subulinidae

Type Locality: Vulcano Puraco, Colombia, high up in the mountain [Colombia]

Holotype
Pseudoglessula (Ischnoglessula) pulchella Spence, 1923
Current name: Pseudoglessula (Ischnoglessula) pulchella Spence, 1923
Gastropoda : Stylommatophora (clade) : Achatinoidea : Achatinidae

Type Locality: Congo Belge 11.5.21, under dead wood in forest, Leverville [Congo, Democratic Republic of the]

Holotype
Pseudachatina pulchra Pain & Paul, 1967
Leeds Museums and Galleries
Current name: Pseudachatina pulchra (Pain & Paul 1967)
Gastropoda : Stylommatophora (clade) : Achatinoidea : Achatinidae

Type Locality: Likomba Plantation, Nr. Tiko, W. Cameroons [Cameroon]

Paratype(s)
Achatina rhodesiaca Melvill & Standen, 1907
Current name: Achatina rhodesiaca Melvill & Standen, 1907
Gastropoda : Stylommatophora (clade) : Achatinoidea : Achatinidae

Type Locality: Kapopo, Rhodesia

Syntype(s)
Nothapalus sagittula Connolly, 1930
Current name: Nothapalus sagittula Connolly, 1930
Gastropoda : Stylommatophora (clade) : Achatinoidea : Achatinidae

Type Locality: Mt. Elgon, Uganda, 7/9000’’ [Uganda]

Syntype(s)
Limicolaria sculpturata Ancey, 1890
Amgueddfa Cymru - National Museum Wales, Cardiff
Current name: Kempioconcha boivini (Morelet, 1860)
Gastropoda : Stylommatophora : Achatinoidea : Achatinidae

Type Locality: Seed bags from the North of Mozambique [C. F. Ancey] [Mozambique]

Possible Syntype
Achatina schweinfurthi semifuscus Spence, 1923
Current name: Achatina schweinfurthi semifuscus Spence, 1923
Gastropoda : Stylommatophora (clade) : Achatinoidea : Achatinidae

Type Locality: Leverville, Congo Belge’ ‘By roadside… dense undergrowth under oil palms [Congo, Democratic Republic of the]

Syntype(s)
Nothus simpsoni Ancey, 1886
Amgueddfa Cymru - National Museum Wales, Cardiff
Current name: Lamellaxis simpsoni (Ancey, 1886)
Gastropoda : Stylommatophora : Achatinoidea : Achatinidae

Type Locality: Ile d’Utilla (‘Île d’Utilla, République du Honduras’ in the introduction of the paper) [M. Chas. T. Simpson] [Honduras]

Syntype
Achatina simpularia Morelet, 1851
Amgueddfa Cymru - National Museum Wales, Cardiff
Current name: Petriola simpularia (Morelet, 1851)
Gastropoda : Achatinoidea : Subulinidae

Type Locality: insulas Comores

Syntype(s)
Buccinum terrestre Montagu, 1803
Royal Albert Memorial Museum, Exeter
Current name: Cecilioides acicula (Müller, 1774)
Gastropoda : Stylommatophora (clade) : Achatinoidea : Subulinidae

Type Locality: Faversham Creek, Barham Downs, Lackham in Wiltshire [United Kingdom]

Syntype(s)
Ceras texistriatum Spence, 1923
Current name: Ceras texistriatum Spence, 1923
Gastropoda : Stylommatophora (clade) : Achatinoidea : Achatinidae

Type Locality: ‘Elizabetha. Congo. In grass by native path [Congo, Democratic Republic of the]

Syntype(s)
Euonyma topazon Connolly, 1923
Current name: Euonyma topazon Connolly, 1923
Gastropoda : Stylommatophora : Achatinoidea : Achatinidae

Type Locality: Kenya, Urquess.

Paratype(s)
Achatina tuberculata Lowe, 1852
National Museums Liverpool
Current name: Amphorella tuberculata (Lowe, 1852)
Gastropoda : Stylommatophora : Achatinoidea : Ferussaciidae

Type Locality: Porto Santo

Syntype(s)
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