American Museum of Natural History
Belgian Congo Expedition
1909-1915

AMNH 1907 Achatina schweinfurthi rhodacme Pilsbry, 1919

HOLOTYPE	Illustration by Helen Winchester From: Pilsbry, Henry A. A Review of the Land Mollusks of the Belgian Congo, chiefly based on the collections of the American Museum Congo Expedition, 1909-1915. AMNH Bulletin Vol. XL, art. 1, 1919, figure 2, plate II.

Museum Labels	Original Catalogue Card

Original Description

From: Pilsbry, Henry. A Review of the Land Mollusks of the Belgian Congo, chiefly based on the collections
of the American Museum Congo Expedition, 1909-1915. AMNH Bulletin Vol. XL, art. 1, 1919, pp. 74-75.

Figure 1, plate XI, AMNH Bulletin XL	Figure 2, plate XI, AMNH Bulletin XL.

Necklaces made from beads carved from Achatina shells. Photos by Herbert Lang.

Photo of a live Achatina schweinfurthi rhodacme Pilsbry, 1919, by Herbert Lang.

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