Achatina
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Achatina | |
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Achatina achatina, Kakum National Park, Ghana | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Order: | Stylommatophora |
Suborder: | Achatinina |
Superfamily: | Achatinoidea |
Family: | Achatinidae |
Subfamily: | Achatininae |
Genus: | Achatina Lamarck, 1799[1] |
Type species | |
Bulla achatina Linnaeus, 1758 | |
Synonyms | |
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Achatina is a genus of medium-sized to very large, air-breathing, tropical land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Achatinidae.[2]
Distribution[edit]
There are some 200 species of Achatinidae in Sub-Saharan Africa. Some species are kept as terrarium animals due to their size and colourful shells.
Shell description[edit]
Snails in this genus have medium to large shells which are ovate in shape and often colourfully streaked.
Species[edit]
Species within the genus Achatina include:
- Achatina achatina Linnaeus, 1758 or giant African snail, Agate Snail or Ghana Tiger Snail, from Western Africa (Liberia through Nigeria) grows to be the largest land snail on Earth.
- Achatina ampullacea Böttger, 1910
- Achatina balteata Reeve, 1849 - Cameroon to Central Angola.
- Achatina bandeirana Morelet, 1866
- Achatina bayaona Morelet, 1866
- Achatina bayoli Morelet, 1888
- Achatina bisculpta E. A. Smith, 1878
- Achatina connollyi Preston, 1912
- Achatina coroca Bruggen, 1978
- Achatina craveni E. A. Smith, 1881 - Congo, Tanzania.
- Achatina dammarensis Pfeiffer - Botswana
- Achatina ellioti E. A. Smith, 1895
- Achatina greyi Da Costa, 1907
- Achatina hortensiae Morelet, 1866
- Achatina iostoma Pfeiffer, 1854 - Cameroon
- Achatina iredalei Preston, 1910
- Achatina lechaptoisi Ancey, 1894
- Achatina obscura Da Costa, 1907
- Achatina osborni Pilsbry, 1919
- Achatina marginata Swainson, 1821[3]
- Achatina passargei von Martens
- Achatina pfeifferi Dunker, 1845
- Achatina purpurea (Gmelin, 1790)
- Achatina randabeli Bourguignat, 1889
- Achatina schinziana Bousson - Botswana
- Achatina schweinfurthi von Martens, 1873 - East Africa.
- Achatina semisculpta Dunker, 1845 - East Africa
- Achatina smithii Craven, 1881
- Achatina stuhlmanni von Martens, 1892 - Uganda.
- Achatina sylvatica Putzeys, 1898 - Congo
- Achatina tavaresiana Morelet, 1866 - Angola
- Achatina tincta Reeve, 1842 - Congo, Angola
- Achatina tracheia Connolly, 1929 - Southeast Africa
- Achatina transparens Da Costa, 1907
- Achatina variegata Roissy
- Achatina vignoniana Morelet, 1874: synonym of Achatina (Tripachatina) vignoniana Morelet, 1874
- Achatina virgulata Da Costa, 1907
- Achatina welwitschi Morelet, 1866
- Achatina weynsi Dautzenberg, 1891 - Congo
- Achatina wildemani Dautzenberg, 1907
- Achatina vassei Germain, 1918 - The internal anatomy of this species is not known, and therefore the generic classification of ‘Achatina’ vassei cannot be made.[4]
- Species brought into synonymy
- Achatina albopicta E. A. Smith, 1878 - along the coast of Kenya and Tanzania: synonym of Lissachatina albopicta (E. A. Smith, 1878)
- Achatina allisa Reeve, 1849: synonym of Lissachatina allisa (L. Reeve, 1849)
- Achatina bloyeti Bourguignat, 1890: synonym of Lissachatina bloyeti (Bourguignat, 1890)
- Achatina capelloi Furtado, 1886: synonym of Lissachatina capelloi (Furtado, 1886)
- Achatina fulgurata Pfeiffer, 1853 - Senegal: synonym of Achatina eleanorae Mead, 1995
- Achatina drakensbergensis Melvill & Ponsonby, 1897 : synonym of Cochlitoma drakensbergensis (Melvill & Ponsonby, 1897)
- Achatina eleanorae Mead, 1995: synonym of Lissachatina eleanorae (Mead, 1995)
- Achatina fulica Bowdich, 1822 or giant East African snail from Eastern Africa is a serious pest in the many tropical countries where it has been introduced, and is listed as an invasive species by some governments: synonym of Lissachatina fulica (Bowdich, 1822)
- Achatina glaucina E. A. Smith, 1899: synonym of Lissachatina glaucina (E. A. Smith, 1899)
- Achatina glutinosa Pfeiffer, 1854 - Mozambique: synonym of Lissachatina glutinosa (L. Pfeiffer, 1854)
- Achatina gundlachi L. Pfeiffer, 1850: synonym of Geostilbia gundlachi (L. Pfeiffer, 1850)
- Achatina immaculata Lamarck, 1822 - Southeastern Africa: synonym of Lissachatina immaculata (Lamarck, 1822)
- Achatina johnstoni E. A. Smith, 1899: synonym of Lissachatina johnstoni (E. A. Smith, 1899)
- Achatina monochromatica Pilsbry (Deprecated. Old historical synonym of Achatina achatina var. monochromatic)
- Achatina mulanjensis Crowley & Pain - Malawi: synonym of Achatina immaculata Lamarck, 1822 (junior synonym)
- Achatina nyikaensis Pilsbry, 1909 - Malawi: synonym of Bequaertina pintoi (Bourguignat, 1889) (junior synonym)
- Achatina panthera Férussac, 1832 - Zimbabwe, Mauritius: synonym of Achatina immaculata Lamarck, 1822
- Achatina pellucida L. Pfeiffer, 1840: synonym of Blauneria heteroclita (Montagu, 1808)
- Achatina reticulata Pfeiffer, 1845 - Zanzibar: synonym of Lissachatina reticulata (L. Pfeiffer, 1845)
- Achatina varicosa Pfeiffer, 1845 - South Africa: synonym of Cochlitoma varicosa (L. Pfeiffer, 1861)
- Achatina zanzibarica Bourguignat, 1879 - Tanzania: synonym of Lissachatina zanzibarica (Bourguignat, 1879)
- Achatina zebra Bruguiere, 1792 - South Africa: synonym of Cochlitoma zebra (Bruguière, 1792)
References[edit]
- ^ Lamarck J.-B. (1799). Mém. Soc. Hist. nat. Paris 1: 75.
- ^ Bouchet, P. (2014). Achatina Lamarck, 1799. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=818098 on 2014-11-07
- ^ Du Cane Godman, Frederick. Annali Del Museo Civico Di Storia Naturale "Giacomo Doria", Museo civico di storia naturale, Genoa, 1916, p. 245
- ^ Bruggen A. C. van (2010). "A new record of ‘Achatina’ vassei Germain, 1918 (Gastropoda, Pulmonata, Achatinidae) from Mozambique – an unsolved problem". Zoologische Mededelingen 84. HTM Archived 2011-10-07 at the Wayback Machine.
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