Achatina Spekei

	Achatina Spekei ''Achatina'' is a genus of medium-sized to very large, air-breathing, tropical land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Achatinidae.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 Distribution There are some 200 species of Achatinidae in Sub-Saharan Africa. Some species are kept as terrarium animals due to their size 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 ba ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
picture info	Achatina Achatina ''Achatina achatina'', commonly known as the giant African snail, also known as the giant tiger land snail, and gigantocochlea, is a species of large, air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Achatinidae. The name "Achatina" is from "achates", Greek for agate. It shares the common name "giant African snail" with other species of snails such as ''Lissachatina fulica'' and ''Archachatina marginata''. Distribution The species is believed to be native to West Africa, within to of the coasts of Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Togo, Benin, Ghana, and Nigeria. ''Achatina achatina'' is routinely confiscated by quarantine authorities at United States airports, especially in Baltimore, Dulles International Airport in Washington, D.C., John F. Kennedy International Airport in New York, and San Francisco. These large snails are kept as pets in the Western world, where owners prize their large size, distinctive markings, and rarity. It is consi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Achatina Balteata ''Achatina'' is a genus of medium-sized to very large, air-breathing, tropical land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Achatinidae.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 Distribution There are some 200 species of Achatinidae in Sub-Saharan Africa. Some species are kept as terrarium animals due to their size 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 bandeiran ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Botswana Botswana (, ), officially the Republic of Botswana ( tn, Lefatshe la Botswana, label=Setswana, ), is a landlocked country in Southern Africa. Botswana is topographically flat, with approximately 70 percent of its territory being the Kalahari Desert. It is bordered by South Africa to the south and southeast, Namibia to the west and north, and Zimbabwe to the northeast. It is connected to Zambia across the short Zambezi River border by the Kazungula Bridge. A country of slightly over 2.3 million people, Botswana is one of the most sparsely populated countries in the world. About 11.6 percent of the population lives in the capital and largest city, Gaborone. Formerly one of the world's poorest countries—with a GDP per capita of about US$70 per year in the late 1960s—it has since transformed itself into an upper-middle-income country, with one of the world's fastest-growing economies. Modern-day humans first inhabited the country over 200,000 years ago. The Tswana ethnic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Achatina Dammarensis ''Achatina'' is a genus of medium-sized to very large, air-breathing, tropical land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Achatinidae.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 Distribution There are some 200 species of Achatinidae in Sub-Saharan Africa. Some species are kept as terrarium animals due to their size 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 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Tanzania Tanzania (; ), officially the United Republic of Tanzania ( sw, Jamhuri ya Muungano wa Tanzania), is a country in East Africa within the African Great Lakes region. It borders Uganda to the north; Kenya to the northeast; Comoro Islands and the Indian Ocean to the east; Mozambique and Malawi to the south; Zambia to the southwest; and Rwanda, Burundi, and the Democratic Republic of the Congo to the west. Mount Kilimanjaro, Africa's highest mountain, is in northeastern Tanzania. According to the United Nations, Tanzania has a population of million, making it the most populous country located entirely south of the equator. Many important hominid fossils have been found in Tanzania, such as 6-million-year-old Pliocene hominid fossils. The genus Australopithecus ranged across Africa between 4 and 2 million years ago, and the oldest remains of the genus ''Homo'' are found near Lake Olduvai. Following the rise of '' Homo erectus'' 1.8 million years ago, humanity spread ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
picture info	Congo Basin The Congo Basin (french: Bassin du Congo) is the sedimentary basin of the Congo River. The Congo Basin is located in Central Africa, in a region known as west equatorial Africa. The Congo Basin region is sometimes known simply as the Congo. It contains some of the largest tropical rainforests in the world and is an important source of water used in agriculture and energy generation. The rainforest in the Congo Basin is the largest rainforest in Africa and second only to the Amazon rainforest in size, with 300 million hectares compared to the 800 million hectares in the Amazon. Because of its size and diversity, many experts have characterized the basin's forest as important for mitigating climate change because of its role as a carbon sink. However, deforestation and degradation of the ecology by the impacts of climate change may increase stress on the forest ecosystem, in turn making the hydrology of the basin more variable. A 2012 study found that the variability in precipita ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Achatina Craveni ''Achatina craveni'' is a species of air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Achatinidae, the giant African snails. Distribution Distribution of ''Achatina craveni'' includes "between Zanzibar and Lake Tanganyika". ''Achatina'' cf. ''craveni'' has been reported also from Mozambique by van Bruggen (2010). Bruggen A. C. van (2010). "A new record of ''‘Achatina’ vassei'' Germain, 1918 (Gastropoda, Pulmonata, Achatinidae) from Mozambique – an unsolved problem". ''Zoologische Mededelingen ''Zoologische Mededelingen'' was a peer-reviewed open access scientific journal publishing papers and monographs on animal systematics. The publisher was the National Museum of Natural History Naturalis in the Netherlands. The first issue appeared ...'' 84HTM. References Achatinidae Molluscs of Africa Gastropods described in 1881 {{Achatinidae-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Achatina Coroca ''Achatina'' is a genus of medium-sized to very large, air-breathing, tropical land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Achatinidae.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 Distribution There are some 200 species of Achatinidae in Sub-Saharan Africa. Some species are kept as terrarium animals due to their size 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 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Achatina Connollyi ''Achatina'' is a genus of medium-sized to very large, air-breathing, tropical land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Achatinidae.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 Distribution There are some 200 species of Achatinidae in Sub-Saharan Africa. Some species are kept as terrarium animals due to their size 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 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Achatina Bisculpta ''Achatina'' is a genus of medium-sized to very large, air-breathing, tropical land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Achatinidae.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 Distribution There are some 200 species of Achatinidae in Sub-Saharan Africa. Some species are kept as terrarium animals due to their size 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 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Achatina Bayoli ''Achatina'' is a genus of medium-sized to very large, air-breathing, tropical land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Achatinidae.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 Distribution There are some 200 species of Achatinidae in Sub-Saharan Africa. Some species are kept as terrarium animals due to their size 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 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Achatina Bayaona ''Achatina'' is a genus of medium-sized to very large, air-breathing, tropical land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Achatinidae.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 Distribution There are some 200 species of Achatinidae in Sub-Saharan Africa. Some species are kept as terrarium animals due to their size 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 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]

	Achatina Spekei ''Achatina'' is a genus of medium-sized to very large, air-breathing, tropical land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Achatinidae.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 Distribution There are some 200 species of Achatinidae in Sub-Saharan Africa. Some species are kept as terrarium animals due to their size 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 ba ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
picture info	Achatina Achatina ''Achatina achatina'', commonly known as the giant African snail, also known as the giant tiger land snail, and gigantocochlea, is a species of large, air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Achatinidae. The name "Achatina" is from "achates", Greek for agate. It shares the common name "giant African snail" with other species of snails such as ''Lissachatina fulica'' and ''Archachatina marginata''. Distribution The species is believed to be native to West Africa, within to of the coasts of Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Togo, Benin, Ghana, and Nigeria. ''Achatina achatina'' is routinely confiscated by quarantine authorities at United States airports, especially in Baltimore, Dulles International Airport in Washington, D.C., John F. Kennedy International Airport in New York, and San Francisco. These large snails are kept as pets in the Western world, where owners prize their large size, distinctive markings, and rarity. It is consi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Achatina Balteata ''Achatina'' is a genus of medium-sized to very large, air-breathing, tropical land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Achatinidae.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 Distribution There are some 200 species of Achatinidae in Sub-Saharan Africa. Some species are kept as terrarium animals due to their size 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 bandeiran ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Botswana Botswana (, ), officially the Republic of Botswana ( tn, Lefatshe la Botswana, label=Setswana, ), is a landlocked country in Southern Africa. Botswana is topographically flat, with approximately 70 percent of its territory being the Kalahari Desert. It is bordered by South Africa to the south and southeast, Namibia to the west and north, and Zimbabwe to the northeast. It is connected to Zambia across the short Zambezi River border by the Kazungula Bridge. A country of slightly over 2.3 million people, Botswana is one of the most sparsely populated countries in the world. About 11.6 percent of the population lives in the capital and largest city, Gaborone. Formerly one of the world's poorest countries—with a GDP per capita of about US$70 per year in the late 1960s—it has since transformed itself into an upper-middle-income country, with one of the world's fastest-growing economies. Modern-day humans first inhabited the country over 200,000 years ago. The Tswana ethnic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Achatina Dammarensis ''Achatina'' is a genus of medium-sized to very large, air-breathing, tropical land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Achatinidae.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 Distribution There are some 200 species of Achatinidae in Sub-Saharan Africa. Some species are kept as terrarium animals due to their size 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 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Tanzania Tanzania (; ), officially the United Republic of Tanzania ( sw, Jamhuri ya Muungano wa Tanzania), is a country in East Africa within the African Great Lakes region. It borders Uganda to the north; Kenya to the northeast; Comoro Islands and the Indian Ocean to the east; Mozambique and Malawi to the south; Zambia to the southwest; and Rwanda, Burundi, and the Democratic Republic of the Congo to the west. Mount Kilimanjaro, Africa's highest mountain, is in northeastern Tanzania. According to the United Nations, Tanzania has a population of million, making it the most populous country located entirely south of the equator. Many important hominid fossils have been found in Tanzania, such as 6-million-year-old Pliocene hominid fossils. The genus Australopithecus ranged across Africa between 4 and 2 million years ago, and the oldest remains of the genus ''Homo'' are found near Lake Olduvai. Following the rise of '' Homo erectus'' 1.8 million years ago, humanity spread ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
picture info	Congo Basin The Congo Basin (french: Bassin du Congo) is the sedimentary basin of the Congo River. The Congo Basin is located in Central Africa, in a region known as west equatorial Africa. The Congo Basin region is sometimes known simply as the Congo. It contains some of the largest tropical rainforests in the world and is an important source of water used in agriculture and energy generation. The rainforest in the Congo Basin is the largest rainforest in Africa and second only to the Amazon rainforest in size, with 300 million hectares compared to the 800 million hectares in the Amazon. Because of its size and diversity, many experts have characterized the basin's forest as important for mitigating climate change because of its role as a carbon sink. However, deforestation and degradation of the ecology by the impacts of climate change may increase stress on the forest ecosystem, in turn making the hydrology of the basin more variable. A 2012 study found that the variability in precipita ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Achatina Craveni ''Achatina craveni'' is a species of air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Achatinidae, the giant African snails. Distribution Distribution of ''Achatina craveni'' includes "between Zanzibar and Lake Tanganyika". ''Achatina'' cf. ''craveni'' has been reported also from Mozambique by van Bruggen (2010). Bruggen A. C. van (2010). "A new record of ''‘Achatina’ vassei'' Germain, 1918 (Gastropoda, Pulmonata, Achatinidae) from Mozambique – an unsolved problem". ''Zoologische Mededelingen ''Zoologische Mededelingen'' was a peer-reviewed open access scientific journal publishing papers and monographs on animal systematics. The publisher was the National Museum of Natural History Naturalis in the Netherlands. The first issue appeared ...'' 84HTM. References Achatinidae Molluscs of Africa Gastropods described in 1881 {{Achatinidae-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Achatina Coroca ''Achatina'' is a genus of medium-sized to very large, air-breathing, tropical land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Achatinidae.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 Distribution There are some 200 species of Achatinidae in Sub-Saharan Africa. Some species are kept as terrarium animals due to their size 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 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Achatina Connollyi ''Achatina'' is a genus of medium-sized to very large, air-breathing, tropical land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Achatinidae.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 Distribution There are some 200 species of Achatinidae in Sub-Saharan Africa. Some species are kept as terrarium animals due to their size 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 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Achatina Bisculpta ''Achatina'' is a genus of medium-sized to very large, air-breathing, tropical land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Achatinidae.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 Distribution There are some 200 species of Achatinidae in Sub-Saharan Africa. Some species are kept as terrarium animals due to their size 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 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Achatina Bayoli ''Achatina'' is a genus of medium-sized to very large, air-breathing, tropical land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Achatinidae.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 Distribution There are some 200 species of Achatinidae in Sub-Saharan Africa. Some species are kept as terrarium animals due to their size 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 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Achatina Bayaona ''Achatina'' is a genus of medium-sized to very large, air-breathing, tropical land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Achatinidae.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 Distribution There are some 200 species of Achatinidae in Sub-Saharan Africa. Some species are kept as terrarium animals due to their size 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 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]