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Genus of gastropods
Archachatina
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Apertural view of a
shell of
Archachatina marginata
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Scientific classification
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Domain:
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Eukaryota
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Kingdom:
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Animalia
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Phylum:
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Mollusca
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Class:
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Gastropoda
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Subclass:
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Heterobranchia
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Order:
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Stylommatophora
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Suborder:
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Achatinina
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Superfamily:
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Achatinoidea
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Family:
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Achatinidae
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Genus:
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Archachatina
Albers, 1850
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Synonyms
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- Archachatina (Archachatina) Albers, 1850· accepted, alternate representation
- Archachatina (Calachatina) Pilsbry, 1919· accepted, alternate representation
- Archachatina (Megachatinopsis) Bequaert & Clench, 1936· accepted, alternate representation
- Archachatina (Tholachatina) Bequaert, 1950· accepted, alternate representation
- Megachatina Bequaert & Clench, 1936
- Tholachatina Bequaert, 1950
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Archachatina is a
genus of large tropical air-breathing
land snails,
terrestrial
pulmonate
gastropod
mollusks in the family
Achatinidae.
[2]
Species
Species in the genus Archachatina include:
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Archachatina bicarinata (Bruguière, 1789) -
São Tomé and
Principe
- Archachatina burnupi (E.A. Smith, 1890)
- Archachatina buylaerti
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Archachatina camerunensis d'Ailly, 1896
- Archachatina cinnamomea Mellvil & Ponsonby, 1894[
citation needed]
- Archachatina cinnamomea J.C. Melvill & J.H. Ponsonby, 1894
- Archachatina crawfordi Morelet, 1889[
citation needed]
- Archachatina degneri Bequaert & Clench, 1936-
Ghana
- Archachatina gaboonensis Pilsbry, 1933 -
Gabon
- Archachatina insularis T.E. Crowley & T. Pain, 1961
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Archachatina knorri (Jonas, 1839)
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Archachatina marginata (Swainson, 1821) - giant West African snail,
Cameroon through
Zaire
- Archachatina m. var. suturalis (Philippi, 1849) - São Tomé and Príncipe
- Archachatina marinae Sirgel- South Africa
- Archachatina papyracea (Pfeiffer, 1845) - Cameroon
- Archachatina pentheri (R. Sturany, 1898)
- Archachatina porphyrostoma H.A. Pilsbry, 1905
- Archachatina purpurea (Gmelin, 1790) -
Ghana
- Archachatina puylaerti A.R. Mead, 1998
- Archachatina rhodostoma (R.A. Philippi, 1849)
- Archachatina siderata (L.A. Reeve, 1849)
- Archachatina subcylindrica H.B. Preston, 1909
- Archachatina transvaalensis (E.A. Smith, 1878)
- Archachatina ventricosa Gould, 1850 -
Liberia,
Sierra Leone,
Côte d'Ivoire
- Archachatina viridescens C.M.F. Ancey
- Species brought into synonymy
- Archachatina bequaerti Crowley & Pain, 1961
Malawi: synonym of
Bruggenina bequaerti (Crowley & Pain, 1961) (original combination)
- Archachatina churchilliana (J.C. Melvill & J.H. Ponsonby, 1895): synonym of
Cochlitoma churchilliana (Melvill & Ponsonby, 1895) (superseded combination)
- Archachatina dimidiata (E.A. Smith, 1878)- southeastern Africa: synonym of
Cochlitoma dimidiata (E. A. Smith, 1878) (superseded combination)
- Archachatina drakensbergensis (J.C. Melvill & J.H. Ponsonby, 1895): synonym of
Cochlitoma drakensbergensis (Melvill & Ponsonby, 1897) (superseded combination)
- Archachatina granulata (Krauss, 1848) -
South Africa: synonym of
Cochlitoma granulata (F. Krauss, 1848) (superseded combination)
- Archachatina limitanea A.C. van Bruggen, 1984: synonym of
Cochlitoma limitanea (van Bruggen, 1984) (superseded combination)
- Archachatina montistempli van Bruggen, 1965 - South Africa: synonym of
Cochlitoma montistempli (van Bruggen, 1965) (superseded combination)
- Archachatina omissa van Bruggen, 1965 - South Africa: synonym of
Cochlitoma omissa (van Bruggen, 1965) (superseded combination)
- Archachatina parthenia (J.C. Melvill & J.H. Ponsonby, 1895): synonym of
Cochlitoma parthenia (Melvill & Ponsonby, 1903) (superseded combination)
- Archachatina sanctaeluciae A.C. van Bruggen, 1989: synonym of
Cochlitoma churchilliana (Melvill & Ponsonby, 1895) (junior synonym)
- Archachatina semidecussata (Pfeiffer, 1846): synonym of
Cochlitoma semidecussata (L. Pfeiffer, 1846) (superseded combination)
- Archachatina semigranosa L. Pfeiffer, 1861: synonym of
Cochlitoma semigranosa (Pfeiffer, 1861) (superseded combination)
- Archachatina simplex E.A. Smith, 1878: synonym of
Cochlitoma simplex (E. A. Smith, 1878) (superseded combination)
- Archachatina ustulata (
Lamarck, 1822) - South Africa: synonym of
Cochlitoma ustulata (Lamarck, 1822) (superseded combination)
- Archachatina vestita Pfeiffer, 1855: synonym of
Cochlitoma vestita (L. Pfeiffer, 1855) (superseded combination)
- Archachatina zuluensis Connolly[
citation needed] - South Africa: synonym of
Cochlitoma churchilliana (Melvill & Ponsonby, 1895)
References
- Bank, R. (2017). Classification of the Recent terrestrial Gastropoda of the World. Last update: July 16, 2017.
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