WoRMS taxon details
Achatinoidea Swainson, 1840
413332 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:413332)
accepted
Superfamily
- 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 2026-01-13
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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. [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. [details] Available for editors
[request]
