Achatina murrea Reeve, 1849

Breure, Abraham S. H. & Ablett, Jonathan D., 2015, Annotated type catalogue of the Megaspiridae, Orthalicidae, and Simpulopsidae (Mollusca, Gastropoda, Orthalicoidea) in the Natural History Museum, London, ZooKeys 470, pp. 17-143 : 38

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scientific name	Achatina murrea Reeve, 1849
status

Treatment

Achatina murrea Reeve, 1849 Figs 9iv-vi, L14ii

Achatina murrea Reeve 1849 [1849-1850]: pl. 7 fig. 22.

Type locality.

“-?”.

Label.

No locality label, taxon label in Pfeiffer’s handwriting. M.C. label style IV, V.

Dimensions.

Not given. Figured specimen H 38.6, D 19.5, W 7.1.

Type material.

NHMUK 1975482, 20230332, three + three syntypes (Cuming coll.).

Remarks.

Reeve did not state on how many specimens his description was based, but figured two different specimens from "Mus. Cuming". Three specimens were found in lot NHMUK 1975482, one of which corresponds to Reeve's figure 22a; Pfeiffer has identified this lot as "A. fasciata / Müller juv.". Lot 20120332 also contains three specimens, one of which was figured as fig. 22b. The current systematic position follows Breure et al. (2014).

Current systematic position.

Orthalicidae , Liguus murreus (Reeve, 1849).