Description
Author: Jan Delsing
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Achatina zebriolata: Shell ovate or elongate, obsoletely and irregularly striate, a little glossy, whitish-fulvous or gray, painted with scarlet, sinuous, longitudinal or oblique stripes. Spire elongate, the apex rather obtuse, the suture impressed, in the last two whorls generally margined. Whorls 8 to 8,5, a little convex, the last three-sevenths the total length. Columella arcuate, slightly truncate, nearly reaching the base. Aperture elliptical, milk-white within, showing the bands through; peristome acute and unexpanded. Length 35, diam. 15, aperture 14,5 x 9,5 mm.
Tryon, G.W. & Pilsbry, H.A.; 1904-1905; Manual of Conchology, Series 2, Volume 17, African Achatinidae
Distribution
Author: Jan Delsing
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Achatina zebriolata: West Africa: Golungo-Alto, on aquatic plants on the Rio Quiapose, not far from Sange, Angola (Dr. Welwitsch). Malange on the Quanza (Mechow); Malash on the Kassai (Buchner).
Tryon, G.W. & Pilsbry, H.A.; 1904-1905; Manual of Conchology, Series 2, Volume 17, African Achatinidae