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Genus of gastropods
Achatina
Achatina achatina ,
Kakum National Park ,
Ghana
Scientific classification
Domain:
Eukaryota
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
Subclass:
Heterobranchia
Order:
Stylommatophora
Suborder:
Achatinina
Superfamily:
Achatinoidea
Family:
Achatinidae
Subfamily:
Achatininae
Genus:
Achatina
Lamarck , 1799
[1]
Type species
Bulla achatina
Linnaeus ,
1758
Synonyms
Achatina (Achatina) Lamarck, 1799 · alternate representation
Achatina (Pintoa) Bourguignat, 1890 · alternate representation
Achatina (Tripachatina) Bourguignat, 1890 · alternate representation
Achatinus Montfort, 1810
Achatium Link, 1807
Agathina J. Férussac, 1807
Agatina auct. (incorrect subsequent spelling)
Bulimus (Achatina) Lamarck, 1799 ·
Euachatina Shuttleworth, 1856
Geodes Gistel, 1848
Glandina (Achatina) Lamarck, 1799 (considered a separate genus)
Oncaea Gistel, 1848
Parachatina Bourguignat, 1889
Serpaea Bourguignat, 1889
Tripachatina Bourguignat, 1890 ·
Urceus Mörch, 1857
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
There are some 200 species of Achatinidae in
Sub-Saharan Africa . Some species are kept as terrarium animals due to their size of three inches, and colourful shells.
Shell description
Snails in this genus have medium to large shells which are ovate in shape and often colourfully streaked.
Species
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 L. Pfeiffer, 1870 -
Botswana
Achatina dohrniana L. Pfeiffer, 1870
Achatina greyi Da Costa, 1907
Achatina hortensiae Morelet, 1866
Achatina inaequalis L. Pfeiffer, 1855
Achatina iostoma L. Pfeiffer, 1854 -
Cameroon
Achatina morrelli Preston, 1905
Achatina obscura Da Costa, 1907
Achatina osborni Pilsbry, 1919
Achatina passargei von Martens, 1900
Achatina perfecta Morelet, 1867
Achatina pfeifferi Dunker, 1845
Achatina polychroa Morelet, 1866
Achatina randabeli Bourguignat, 1889
Achatina rugosa Putzeys, 1898
Achatina schinziana Mousson, 1888 -
Botswana
Achatina schweinfurthi von Martens, 1873 - East Africa.
Achatina semisculpta Dunker, 1845 - East Africa
Achatina smithii Craven, 1881
Achatina spekei Dohrn, 1864
Achatina stuhlmanni von Martens, 1892 -
Uganda .
Achatina tavaresiana Morelet, 1866 -
Angola
Achatina tincta Reeve, 1842 - Congo,
Angola
Achatina tracheia Connolly, 1929 - Southeast Africa
Achatina transparens Da Costa, 1907
Achatina virgulata Da Costa, 1907
Achatina welwitschi Morelet, 1866
Achatina weynsi Dautzenberg, 1891 - Congo
incertae sedis :
Achatina vassei Germain, 1918 - The internal anatomy of this species is not known, and therefore the generic classification of ‘Achatina’ vassei cannot be made.
[3]
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 antourtourensis Crosse, 1879 : synonym of Achatina immaculata Lamarck, 1822 : synonym of
Lissachatina immaculata (Lamarck, 1822) (junior synonym)
Achatina arctespirata Bourguignat, 1890 : synonym of
Achatina randabeli Bourguignat, 1890
Achatina barbigera Morelet, 1866 : synonym of
Petriola marmorea (Reeve, 1850)
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 ellioti E. A. Smith, 1895 : synonym of
Oreohomorus ellioti (E. A. Smith, 1895)
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 gruveli Dautzenberg, 1921 : synonym of
Achatina iostoma L. Pfeiffer, 1854
Achatina gundlachi L. Pfeiffer, 1850 : synonym of
Geostilbia gundlachi (L. Pfeiffer, 1850)
Achatina hamillei Petit de la Saussaye, 1859 : synonym of Lissachatina fulica hamillei (Petit de la Saussaye, 1859)
Achatina immaculata
Lamarck , 1822 - Southeastern Africa: synonym of
Lissachatina immaculata (Lamarck, 1822)
Achatina iredalei Preston, 1910 : synonym of
Lissachatina allisa (Reeve, 1849)
Achatina ivensi Furtado, 1886 : synonym of
Achatina pfeifferi Dunker, 1845
Achatina johnstoni E. A. Smith, 1899 : synonym of
Lissachatina johnstoni (E. A. Smith, 1899)
Achatina kilimae Dautzenberg, 1908 : synonym of
Lissachatina kilimae (Dautzenberg, 1908)
Achatina lowei Paiva, 1866 : synonym of
Amphorella oryza (R. T. Lowe, 1852)
Achatina lechaptoisi Ancey, 1894 : synonym of
Lissachatina immaculata (Lamarck, 1822)
Achatina letourneuxi Bourguignat, 1879 : synonym of Lissachatina fulica hamillei (Petit de la Saussaye, 1859)
Achatina lhotellerii Bourguignat, 1879 : synonym of
Lissachatina zanzibarica (Bourguignat, 1879)
Achatina marginata Swainson, 1821 :
[4] synonym of
Archachatina marginata (Swainson, 1821)
Achatina milneedwardsiana Revoil, 1885 : synonym of Lissachatina fulica hamillei (Petit de la Saussaye, 1859)
Achatina minima Siemaschko, 1847 : synonym of
Cochlicopa lubricella (Porro, 1838)
Achatina monochromatica Pilsbry (Deprecated. Old historical synonym of Achatina achatina var. monochromatic )
Achatina moreletiana Deshayes, 1851 : taxon inquirendum
Achatina mulanjensis Crowley & Pain -
Malawi : synonym of
Achatina immaculata Lamarck, 1822 (junior synonym)
Achatina nigella Morelet, 1867 : synonym of
Homorus nigellus (Morelet, 1867)
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 purpurea (Gmelin, 1790) : synonym of
Archachatina purpurea (Gmelin, 1790)
Achatina raffrayi Jousseaume, 1883 : synonym of
Leptocallista raffrayi (Jousseaume, 1883)
Achatina rediviva Mabille, 1901 : synonym of
Lissachatina fulica (Bowdich, 1822)
Achatina reticulata Pfeiffer, 1845 -
Zanzibar : synonym of
Lissachatina reticulata (L. Pfeiffer, 1845)
Achatina semitarum L. Pfeiffer, 1842 : synonym of
Laevaricella semitarum (L. Pfeiffer, 1842)
Achatina sylvatica Putzeys, 1898 - Congo: synonym of Leptocalina putzeysi (Dautzenberg & Germain, 1914)
Achatina varicosa Pfeiffer, 1845 -
South Africa : synonym of
Cochlitoma varicosa (L. Pfeiffer, 1861)
Achatina variegata Lamarck, 1801 : synonym of
Achatina achatina (Linnaeus, 1758)
Achatina variegata var. minima Germain, 1912 : synonym of Achatina achatina elegans (Link, 1807)
Achatina vignoniana Morelet, 1874 : synonym of
Achatina (Tripachatina) vignoniana Morelet, 1874
Achatina wildemani Dautzenberg, 1907 : synonym of
Leptocalina specularis (Morelet, 1866)
Achatina yalaensis Germain, 1936 : synonym of
Oreohomorus connollyi (Odhner, 1932)
Achatina zanzibarica Bourguignat, 1879 -
Tanzania : synonym of
Lissachatina zanzibarica (Bourguignat, 1879)
Achatina zebra
Bruguiere , 1792 -
South Africa : synonym of
Cochlitoma zebra (Bruguière, 1792)
References
^
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
^
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
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Wayback Machine .
^ Du Cane Godman, Frederick. Annali Del Museo Civico Di Storia Naturale "Giacomo Doria" , Museo civico di storia naturale, Genoa, 1916, p. 245
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