Taxon profile

genus

Giant African Land Snails
Achatina Lamarck, 1799

kingdom Animalia - animals » phylum Mollusca - mollusks » class Gastropoda - gastropods » order Pulmonata - pulmonates » family Achatinidae

Scientific synonyms

Agathina Férussac, 1807
Cochlitoma Férussac, 1807
Geodes Gistl, 1848
Oncaea Gistl, 1848 non Philippi, 1843
Parachatina Bourguignat, 1889
Sepaea Bourguignat, 1889
Urceus Mörch, 1857
Achatium Link, 1807 (partim.) ^p
Ampulla Röding, 1798 (partim.) ^p
Chersina Humphrey, 1797 (partim.) ^p

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Subordinated taxa

Number of records: 24

subgenus Metachatina

species Achatina achatina (Linnaeus, 1758) - Giant Ghana Snail

species Achatina albopicta (E. A. Smith, 1878)

species Achatina balteata Reeve, 1849

species Achatina craveni E. A. Smith, 1881

species Achatina fulica (Bowdich, 1822) - African Land Snail

species Achatina glutinosa Pfeiffer, 1853

species Achatina immaculata (Lamarck, 1822)

species Achatina iostoma Pfeiffer, 1852

species Achatina iredalei Preston, 1910

species Achatina panthera Férussac, 1832

species Achatina papyracea Pfeiffer, 1845

species Achatina patherina (Martens, 1897)

species Achatina reticulata Pfeiffer, 1845

species Achatina schweinfurthi Martens, 1873

species Achatina semisculpta Pfeiffer, 1845

species Achatina stuhlmanni Martens, 1892

species Achatina sylvatica Putzeys, 1898

species Achatina tavaresiana Morelet, 1866

species Achatina tincta Reeve, 1842

species Achatina tracheia Connolly, 1929

species Achatina varicosa Pfeiffer, 1861

species Achatina weynesi Dautzenberg, 1891

species Achatina zebra (Bruguiere, 1792)

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