MolluscaBase taxon details
original description
(of Achatina turricula Mighels, 1845) Mighels, J. W. (1845). Descriptions of shells from the Sandwich Islands, and other localities. <em>Proceedings of the Boston Society of Natural History.</em> 2: 18-25. Title page dated 1848., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/9490702 page(s): 20 [details]
original description
(of Carelia turricula var. azona Ancey, 1904) Ancey, C. F. (1904). On some non-marine Hawaiian Mollusca. <em>Proceedings of the Malacological Society of London.</em> 6(2): 117-128, pl. 7., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15176234 page(s): 121 [details]
original description
(of Achatina newcombi L. Pfeiffer, 1853) Pfeiffer, L. (1853). Description of fifty-four new species of Helicea, from the collection of Hugh Cuming, Esq. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> 19: 252-256 [16 July 1853]; 257-263 [7 December 1853] [stated publication date: 1851]., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30680518 page(s): 262 [details]
original description
(of Achatina obeliscus Reeve, 1850) Reeve, L. A. (1849-1850). Monograph of the genus <i>Achatina</i>. In: <i>Conchologia Iconica, or, illustrations of the shells of molluscous animals</i>, 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 page(s): pl. 23, fig. 129 [details]
basis of record
Cowie, R. H., Evenhuis, N. L. & Christensen, C. C. (1995). <i>Catalog of the native land and freshwater molluscs of the Hawaiian Islands</i>. vi + 248 pp. Leiden: Backhuys Publishers. page(s): 113 [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source
Cooke, C. M., Jr. (1931). The land snail genus <i>Carelia</i>. <em>Bernice P. Bishop Museum Bulletin.</em> 85: 1-97, pls. 1-18., available online at http://hbs.bishopmuseum.org/pubs-online/pdf/bull85.pdf page(s): 59-65, pls. 10-12 [details]
From editor or global species database
Type locality Oahu [= error Kauai] [details]
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