Taxonomic Merge 15837 (Committed on 2016-07-31)

WORMS is now accepting Lissachatina as the genus for East African Achatinas, including L. fulica, L. reticulata, L. albopicta, L. iredalei, etc.

World Registry of Marine Species (WoRMS) (Citation)
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Added by pliffgrieff on July 31, 2016 10:44 PM | Committed by pliffgrieff on July 31, 2016
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I have noticed that WORMS only includes L. fulica and not the other East African species. Clearly, it is not designed to be a comprehensive resource for terrestrial mollusks.

But, the elevation of Lissachatina from Bequaert's subspecies to specific level should certainly be reflected on all of the taxa that Bequaert classified as Lissachatina in 1950 unless there is evidence for a given species to be reclassified.

Posted by pliffgrieff almost 8 years ago

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