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Limicolaria cailliaudi (L. Pfeiffer, 1850)
1308048 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1308048)
accepted
Species
Achatina (Limicolaria) cailliaudi (L. Pfeiffer, 1850) · unaccepted > superseded combination
Achatina (Limicolaria) festiva E. von Martens, 1870 · unaccepted (junior synonym)
Achatina (Limicolaria) senaariensis var. gracilis E. von Martens, 1870 · unaccepted (junior synonym)
Achatina (Limicolaria) sennaariensis (L. Pfeiffer, 1853) · unaccepted > superseded combination
Achatina (Limicolaria) sennaariensis var. hartmanni E. von Martens, 1865 · unaccepted (junior synonym)
Achatina sennaariensis (L. Pfeiffer, 1853) · unaccepted (original combination)
Bulimus cailliaudi L. Pfeiffer, 1850 · unaccepted > superseded combination
Bulimus sennaariensis L. Pfeiffer, 1853 · unaccepted
Helix (Cochlogena) flammata Cailliaud, 1823 · unaccepted (junior primary homonym of Helix...)
junior primary homonym of Helix flammata Férussac, 1821
Limicolaria abajensis Kobelt, 1910 · unaccepted (junior synonym)
Limicolaria amoena Thiele, 1933 · unaccepted (junior synonym)
Limicolaria baccarii · unaccepted (misspelling)
Limicolaria beccarii Morelet, 1872 · unaccepted (junior synonym)
Limicolaria cailliaudi var. stuhlmanni E. von Martens, 1891 · unaccepted (junior synonym)
Limicolaria candidissima Shuttleworth, 1856 · unaccepted (junior synonym)
Limicolaria candidissima laevenotata C. R. Boettger, 1915 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Limicolaria festiva (E. von Martens, 1870) · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Limicolaria flammata (Cailliaud, 1823) · unaccepted (name based on junior primary homonym)
Limicolaria flammata geyri C. R. Boettger, 1915 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Limicolaria flammata var. smithi Pilsbry, 1904 · unaccepted (junior synonym)
Limicolaria kambeul zarafica C. R. Boettger, 1915 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Limicolaria koenigi C. R. Boettger & Haas, 1913 · unaccepted (junior synonym)
Limicolaria leroii C. R. Boettger & Haas, 1913 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Limicolaria longa Pilsbry, 1904 · unaccepted (junior synonym)
Limicolaria senaarica Bourguignat, 1883 · unaccepted (junior synonym)
Limicolaria senaariensis crassior Hägg, 1904 · unaccepted (junior synonym)
Limicolaria sennaariensis (L. Pfeiffer, 1853) · unaccepted
Limicolaria sennaariensis beccarii Morelet, 1872 · unaccepted
Limicolaria sennaariensis tanensis Piersanti, 1940 · unaccepted
Limicolaria sennariensis Kobelt, 1894 · unaccepted (presumed synonym and homonym of...)
presumed synonym and homonym of senaariensis Pfeiffer, 1853
Limicolaria smithi Pilsbry, 1904 · unaccepted
Limicolaria spekiana Grandidier, 1885 · unaccepted (junior synonym)
Limicolaria tanensis Piersanti, 1940 · unaccepted (junior synonym)
Limicolaria tryoniana Pilsbry, 1904 · unaccepted (junior synonym)
- Subspecies Limicolaria cailliaudi cailliaudi (L. Pfeiffer, 1850)
- Subspecies Limicolaria cailliaudi heuglini (E. von Martens, 1866)
- Variety Limicolaria cailliaudi var. stuhlmanni E. von Martens, 1891 accepted as Limicolaria cailliaudi (L. Pfeiffer, 1850) (junior synonym)
(of Bulimus cailliaudi L. Pfeiffer, 1850) Pfeiffer, L. (1850). Beschreibungen neuer Landschnecken. <em>Zeitschrift für Malakozoologie. Cassel.</em> 7 (5): 65-80 (July 1850); 7 (6): 81-89 (August 1850)., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16300365
page(s): 86-87 [details]
page(s): 86-87 [details]
Type locality contained in Sudan
type locality contained in Sudan [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Limicolaria cailliaudi (L. Pfeiffer, 1850). Accessed at: https://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1308048 on 2025-04-02
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original description
(of Bulimus cailliaudi L. Pfeiffer, 1850) Pfeiffer, L. (1850). Beschreibungen neuer Landschnecken. <em>Zeitschrift für Malakozoologie. Cassel.</em> 7 (5): 65-80 (July 1850); 7 (6): 81-89 (August 1850)., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16300365
page(s): 86-87 [details]
original description (of Limicolaria beccarii Morelet, 1872) Morelet, A. (1872). Voyage de Mrs Antinori, Beccari et Issel dans la Mer Rouge et le pays des Bogos. Mollusques, III. Notice sur les coquilles terrestres et d'eau douce recueillies sur les Côtes de l'Abyssinie. <em>Annali del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Genova.</em> 3: 180-208, pl. 9., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/10267919
page(s): 198, pl. 9, fig. 6 [details]
original description (of Bulimus sennaariensis L. Pfeiffer, 1853) Pfeiffer, L. (1853). <i>Monographia heliceorum viventium. Sistens descriptiones systematicas et criticas omnium huius familiae generum et specierum hodie cognitarum</i>. Volumen tertium [Vol. 3]. Lipsiae: Brockhaus. i-viii + 711 pp. , available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11646394
page(s): 386.; note: Described in synonymy of Bulimus cailliaudi L. Peiffer, 1850. [details]
original description (of Limicolaria candidissima Shuttleworth, 1856) Shuttleworth, R. J. (1856). Beiträge zur näheren Kenntniss der Mollusken. <em>Notitiae Malacologicae.</em> 1: 1-90, pls 1-9., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11061266
page(s): 49, pl. 6, figs 7, 8. [details]
original description (of Achatina (Limicolaria) senaariensis var. gracilis E. von Martens, 1870) Martens, E. von. (1870). Conchylien aus dem obern Nilgebiet. <em>Malakozoologische Blätter.</em> 17: 32-36., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/35535541
page(s): 34 [details]
original description (of Achatina (Limicolaria) sennaariensis var. hartmanni E. von Martens, 1865) Martens, E. von. (1865). Uebersicht der Land- und Süsswasser-Mollusken des Nil-Gebietes. <em>Malakozoologische Blätter.</em> 12(4): 177-192; 12(5): 192-207 [Dezember 1865] . Cassel (Theodor Fischer)., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16080324
page(s): 199. [details]
original description (of Limicolaria cailliaudi var. stuhlmanni E. von Martens, 1891) Martens, E. von. (1891). Von Stuhlmann und Emin Pascha in Ukwere, etc. gesammelte Land- und Süsswasser-Conchylien. <em>Sitzungsberichte der Gesellschaft Naturforschender Freunde zu Berlin.</em> (Januar): 13–18.
page(s): 15-16. [details]
original description (of Limicolaria abajensis Kobelt, 1910) Kobelt, W. (1910). Die Molluskenausbeute der Erlangerischen Reise in Nord Ost Afrika. <em>Abhandlungen der Senckenbergischen Naturforschenden Gesellschaft.</em> 32: 1–52., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/58353341
page(s): 20, pl. 5, fig. 8. [details]
original description (of Limicolaria leroii C. R. Boettger & Haas, 1913) Boettger, C. R. & Haas, F. (1913). On a collection of land and freshwater shells from the upper Nile region. <em>Proceedings of the Malacological Society of London.</em> 10: 355-361., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15237362
page(s): 358, text fig. [details]
original description (of Limicolaria koenigi C. R. Boettger & Haas, 1913) Boettger, C. R. & Haas, F. (1913). On a collection of land and freshwater shells from the upper Nile region. <em>Proceedings of the Malacological Society of London.</em> 10: 355-361., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15237362
page(s): 356, text fig. [details]
original description (of Limicolaria flammata geyri C. R. Boettger, 1915) Boettger, C. R. & Haas, F. (1915). Beiträge zur Molluskenfauna des Sudans. <em>Zoologische Jahrbücher, Abteilung für Systematik, Geographie und Biologie der Tiere.</em> ["1914"] 38(6): 371-384 [gastropods by Boettger, bivalves by Haas]., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/27524539
page(s): 376 [details]
original description (of Limicolaria kambeul zarafica C. R. Boettger, 1915) Boettger, C. R. & Haas, F. (1915). Beiträge zur Molluskenfauna des Sudans. <em>Zoologische Jahrbücher, Abteilung für Systematik, Geographie und Biologie der Tiere.</em> ["1914"] 38(6): 371-384 [gastropods by Boettger, bivalves by Haas]., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/27524539
page(s): 374 [details]
original description (of Limicolaria candidissima laevenotata C. R. Boettger, 1915) Boettger, C. R. & Haas, F. (1915). Beiträge zur Molluskenfauna des Sudans. <em>Zoologische Jahrbücher, Abteilung für Systematik, Geographie und Biologie der Tiere.</em> ["1914"] 38(6): 371-384 [gastropods by Boettger, bivalves by Haas]., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/27524539
page(s): 377 [details]
original description (of Limicolaria tanensis Piersanti, 1940) Piersanti C. (1940). Molluschi del lago Tana e delle zone finitime. <em>Missione di Studio al lago Tana.</em> 3: 233–241. [details]
original description (of Achatina (Limicolaria) flammea var. festiva E. von Martens, 1870) Martens, E. von. (1870). Conchylien aus dem obern Nilgebiet. <em>Malakozoologische Blätter.</em> 17: 32-36., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/35535541
page(s): 33-34. [details]
original description (of Limicolaria amoena Thiele, 1933) Thiele, J. (1933). Die von Oskar Neumann in Abessinien gesammelten und einige andere afrikanische Landschnecken. Sitzungs-Berichte der Gesellschaft Naturforschender Freunde zu Berlin, 134: 280-323, pl. 1-2. Berlin.
page(s): 299, fig. 25. [details] Available for editors
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original description (of Limicolaria sennariensis Kobelt, 1894) Kobelt, W. (1893-1895). Die Genera Livinhacia, Pseudachatina, Perideris, Limicolaria and Homorus. <em>In: Küster, H. C.; Kobelt, W., Eds. Systematisches Conchylien-Cabinet von Martini und Chemnitz. Neu herausgegeben und vervollständigt.</em> Ersten Bandes, zehnte Abtheilung. (1) 10 (399): 1-16, pls. A, 1-5 (1893); (1) 10 (400): 17-32, pls. 6-11 (1893); (1) 10 (402): 33-56, pls. 12-17 (1893); (1) 10 (406): 57-72, pls. 18-23 (1894); (1) 10 (409): 73-104, pls. 24-29 (1894); (1) 10 (412): 105-132, pls. 30-35 (1895). Nürnberg (Bauer & Raspe)., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/34334553
page(s): 71, pl. 23, figs 3-4 [details]
basis of record Crowley, T. E. & Pain, T. (1970). A monographic revision of the African land snails of the genus <i>Limicolaria</i> Schumacher (Mollusca – Achatinidae). <em>Annales du Musée Royal de l'Afrique Centrale, Tervuren [sciences zoologiques].</em> 177: 1–61, 6 pls.
page(s): 30 [details]
additional source Bacci, G. (1951). Elementi per una malacofauna dell'Abissinia e della Somalia. Annali del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale Giacomo Doria, 65: 1-145. Genova.
page(s): 72. [details] Available for editors
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page(s): 86-87 [details]
original description (of Limicolaria beccarii Morelet, 1872) Morelet, A. (1872). Voyage de Mrs Antinori, Beccari et Issel dans la Mer Rouge et le pays des Bogos. Mollusques, III. Notice sur les coquilles terrestres et d'eau douce recueillies sur les Côtes de l'Abyssinie. <em>Annali del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Genova.</em> 3: 180-208, pl. 9., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/10267919
page(s): 198, pl. 9, fig. 6 [details]
original description (of Bulimus sennaariensis L. Pfeiffer, 1853) Pfeiffer, L. (1853). <i>Monographia heliceorum viventium. Sistens descriptiones systematicas et criticas omnium huius familiae generum et specierum hodie cognitarum</i>. Volumen tertium [Vol. 3]. Lipsiae: Brockhaus. i-viii + 711 pp. , available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11646394
page(s): 386.; note: Described in synonymy of Bulimus cailliaudi L. Peiffer, 1850. [details]
original description (of Limicolaria candidissima Shuttleworth, 1856) Shuttleworth, R. J. (1856). Beiträge zur näheren Kenntniss der Mollusken. <em>Notitiae Malacologicae.</em> 1: 1-90, pls 1-9., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11061266
page(s): 49, pl. 6, figs 7, 8. [details]
original description (of Achatina (Limicolaria) senaariensis var. gracilis E. von Martens, 1870) Martens, E. von. (1870). Conchylien aus dem obern Nilgebiet. <em>Malakozoologische Blätter.</em> 17: 32-36., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/35535541
page(s): 34 [details]
original description (of Achatina (Limicolaria) sennaariensis var. hartmanni E. von Martens, 1865) Martens, E. von. (1865). Uebersicht der Land- und Süsswasser-Mollusken des Nil-Gebietes. <em>Malakozoologische Blätter.</em> 12(4): 177-192; 12(5): 192-207 [Dezember 1865] . Cassel (Theodor Fischer)., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16080324
page(s): 199. [details]
original description (of Limicolaria cailliaudi var. stuhlmanni E. von Martens, 1891) Martens, E. von. (1891). Von Stuhlmann und Emin Pascha in Ukwere, etc. gesammelte Land- und Süsswasser-Conchylien. <em>Sitzungsberichte der Gesellschaft Naturforschender Freunde zu Berlin.</em> (Januar): 13–18.
page(s): 15-16. [details]
original description (of Limicolaria abajensis Kobelt, 1910) Kobelt, W. (1910). Die Molluskenausbeute der Erlangerischen Reise in Nord Ost Afrika. <em>Abhandlungen der Senckenbergischen Naturforschenden Gesellschaft.</em> 32: 1–52., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/58353341
page(s): 20, pl. 5, fig. 8. [details]
original description (of Limicolaria leroii C. R. Boettger & Haas, 1913) Boettger, C. R. & Haas, F. (1913). On a collection of land and freshwater shells from the upper Nile region. <em>Proceedings of the Malacological Society of London.</em> 10: 355-361., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15237362
page(s): 358, text fig. [details]
original description (of Limicolaria koenigi C. R. Boettger & Haas, 1913) Boettger, C. R. & Haas, F. (1913). On a collection of land and freshwater shells from the upper Nile region. <em>Proceedings of the Malacological Society of London.</em> 10: 355-361., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15237362
page(s): 356, text fig. [details]
original description (of Limicolaria flammata geyri C. R. Boettger, 1915) Boettger, C. R. & Haas, F. (1915). Beiträge zur Molluskenfauna des Sudans. <em>Zoologische Jahrbücher, Abteilung für Systematik, Geographie und Biologie der Tiere.</em> ["1914"] 38(6): 371-384 [gastropods by Boettger, bivalves by Haas]., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/27524539
page(s): 376 [details]
original description (of Limicolaria kambeul zarafica C. R. Boettger, 1915) Boettger, C. R. & Haas, F. (1915). Beiträge zur Molluskenfauna des Sudans. <em>Zoologische Jahrbücher, Abteilung für Systematik, Geographie und Biologie der Tiere.</em> ["1914"] 38(6): 371-384 [gastropods by Boettger, bivalves by Haas]., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/27524539
page(s): 374 [details]
original description (of Limicolaria candidissima laevenotata C. R. Boettger, 1915) Boettger, C. R. & Haas, F. (1915). Beiträge zur Molluskenfauna des Sudans. <em>Zoologische Jahrbücher, Abteilung für Systematik, Geographie und Biologie der Tiere.</em> ["1914"] 38(6): 371-384 [gastropods by Boettger, bivalves by Haas]., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/27524539
page(s): 377 [details]
original description (of Limicolaria tanensis Piersanti, 1940) Piersanti C. (1940). Molluschi del lago Tana e delle zone finitime. <em>Missione di Studio al lago Tana.</em> 3: 233–241. [details]
original description (of Achatina (Limicolaria) flammea var. festiva E. von Martens, 1870) Martens, E. von. (1870). Conchylien aus dem obern Nilgebiet. <em>Malakozoologische Blätter.</em> 17: 32-36., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/35535541
page(s): 33-34. [details]
original description (of Limicolaria amoena Thiele, 1933) Thiele, J. (1933). Die von Oskar Neumann in Abessinien gesammelten und einige andere afrikanische Landschnecken. Sitzungs-Berichte der Gesellschaft Naturforschender Freunde zu Berlin, 134: 280-323, pl. 1-2. Berlin.
page(s): 299, fig. 25. [details] Available for editors

original description (of Limicolaria sennariensis Kobelt, 1894) Kobelt, W. (1893-1895). Die Genera Livinhacia, Pseudachatina, Perideris, Limicolaria and Homorus. <em>In: Küster, H. C.; Kobelt, W., Eds. Systematisches Conchylien-Cabinet von Martini und Chemnitz. Neu herausgegeben und vervollständigt.</em> Ersten Bandes, zehnte Abtheilung. (1) 10 (399): 1-16, pls. A, 1-5 (1893); (1) 10 (400): 17-32, pls. 6-11 (1893); (1) 10 (402): 33-56, pls. 12-17 (1893); (1) 10 (406): 57-72, pls. 18-23 (1894); (1) 10 (409): 73-104, pls. 24-29 (1894); (1) 10 (412): 105-132, pls. 30-35 (1895). Nürnberg (Bauer & Raspe)., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/34334553
page(s): 71, pl. 23, figs 3-4 [details]
basis of record Crowley, T. E. & Pain, T. (1970). A monographic revision of the African land snails of the genus <i>Limicolaria</i> Schumacher (Mollusca – Achatinidae). <em>Annales du Musée Royal de l'Afrique Centrale, Tervuren [sciences zoologiques].</em> 177: 1–61, 6 pls.
page(s): 30 [details]
additional source Bacci, G. (1951). Elementi per una malacofauna dell'Abissinia e della Somalia. Annali del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale Giacomo Doria, 65: 1-145. Genova.
page(s): 72. [details] Available for editors





To ANSP Malacology Collection (holotype of Limicolaria longa. Pilsbry, 1904. Manual of Conchology (Ser. 2) 16 (63-64): 284, pl. 32, figs. 18, 19 - catalog no. 81202) (from synonym Limicolaria longa Pilsbry, 1904)
To ANSP Malacology Collection (holotype of Limicolaria tryoniana. Pilsbry, 1904. Manual of Conchology (Ser. 2) 16 (63-64): 250, pl. 8, fig. 46 - catalog no. 32791) (from synonym Limicolaria tryoniana Pilsbry, 1904)
To ANSP Malacology Collection (holotype of Limicolaria tryoniana. Pilsbry, 1904. Manual of Conchology (Ser. 2) 16 (63-64): 250, pl. 8, fig. 46 - catalog no. 32791) (from synonym Limicolaria tryoniana Pilsbry, 1904)