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Achatina bayoniana P.M.A. Morelet, 1868

kingdom Animalia - animals »  phylum Mollusca - mollusks »  class Gastropoda - gastropods »  order Pulmonata - pulmonates »  family Achatinidae »  genus Achatina - Giant African Land Snails

Scientific synonyms

Achatina bayaona Morelet, 1866

Images

Achatina bayoniana

Author: Breure,Audibert et Ablett

Achatina bayoniana

Author: Tryon & Pilsbry

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Description

Shell ovate, ventricose, thin, rufous or greenish-fulvous, streaked with darker, with an oily lustre. Spire submamillate with acute apex, flammulate with red. Whorls 8,5, convex, granulated to the periphery of the last, which is ventricose, rugulose striated, and longer than or rarely equalling the spire. Columella straight, arcuate anteriorly, abruptly truncate at the base. Aperture elliptic-oval, pearly within, the peristome unexpanded, thin, margins joined by a superficial callous. Length 74, diam. 40 mm.
Curious for its thin texture, brilliant gloss and ventricose shape. There is a less ventricose form with longer spire of nearly a whorl more, and much thinner yellowish-green shell. Length 62, diam. 33 mm.
Tryon, G.W. & Pilsbry, H.A.; 1904-1905; Manual of Conchology, Series 2, Volume 17, African Achatinidae

Distribution

West Africa: District of the Due de Braganza, Angola.
Tryon, G.W. & Pilsbry, H.A.; 1904-1905; Manual of Conchology, Series 2, Volume 17, African Achatinidae
Author: Jan Delsing

Links and literature

EN Galli C.: WMSDB - Wolrdwide Mollusc Species Data Base July 10, 2013 [http://www.bagniliggia.it/WMSD/WMSDhome....] [as Achatina bayoniana Morelet, 1868]
Data retrieved on: 22 November 2013

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