Achatina Hortensiae

''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'' 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'' Pfeiffer - Botswana
* ''Achatina ellioti'' E. A. Smith, 1895
* ''Achatina greyi'' Da Costa, 1907
* '' Achatina hortensiae'' Morelet, 1866
*'' Achatina iostoma'' Pfeiffer, 1854 - Cameroon
*''Achatina iredalei'' Preston, 1910
* '' Achatina lechaptoisi'' Ancey, 1894
* ''Achatina obscura'' Da Costa, 1907
* ''Achatina osborni'' Pilsbry, 1919
* '' Achatina marginata'' Swainson, 1821Du Cane Godman, Frederick. ''Annali Del Museo Civico Di Storia Naturale "Giacomo Doria"'', Museo civico di storia naturale, Genoa, 1916, p. 245
*''Achatina passargei'' von Martens
* '' Achatina pfeifferi'' Dunker, 1845
* '' Achatina purpurea'' (Gmelin, 1790)
* ''Achatina randabeli'' Bourguignat, 1889
*'' Achatina schinziana'' Bousson - Botswana
*'' Achatina schweinfurthi'' von Martens, 1873 - East Africa.
*'' Achatina semisculpta'' Dunker, 1845 - East Africa
*''Achatina smithii'' Craven, 1881
*''Achatina stuhlmanni'' von Martens, 1892 - Uganda.
*''Achatina sylvatica'' Putzeys, 1898 - Congo
*'' Achatina tavaresiana'' Morelet, 1866 - Angola
*''Achatina tincta'' Reeve, 1842 - Congo, Angola
*''Achatina tracheia'' Connolly, 1929 - Southeast Africa
* ''Achatina transparens'' Da Costa, 1907
*''Achatina variegata'' Roissy
*''Achatina vignoniana'' Morelet, 1874: synonym of Achatina (Tripachatina) vignoniana Morelet, 1874
* ''Achatina virgulata'' Da Costa, 1907
* ''Achatina welwitschi'' Morelet, 1866
*''Achatina weynsi'' Dautzenberg, 1891 - Congo
* ''Achatina wildemani'' Dautzenberg, 1907

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. Bruggen A. C. van (2010). "A new record of ''‘Achatina’ vassei'' Germain, 1918 (Gastropoda, Pulmonata, Achatinidae) from Mozambique – an unsolved problem". ''Zoologische Mededelingen'' 84
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;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 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 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'' (E. A. Smith, 1899)
* ''Achatina glutinosa'' Pfeiffer, 1854 - Mozambique: synonym of ''Lissachatina glutinosa'' (L. Pfeiffer, 1854)
* ''Achatina gundlachi'' L. Pfeiffer, 1850: synonym of '' Geostilbia gundlachi'' (L. Pfeiffer, 1850)
* ''Achatina immaculata'' Lamarck, 1822 - Southeastern Africa: synonym of ''Lissachatina immaculata'' (Lamarck, 1822)
* ''Achatina johnstoni'' E. A. Smith, 1899: synonym of ''Lissachatina johnstoni'' (E. A. Smith, 1899)
* ''Achatina monochromatica'' Pilsbry (Deprecated. Old historical synonym of ''Achatina achatina'' var. ''monochromatic'')
* ''Achatina mulanjensis'' Crowley & Pain - Malawi: synonym of ''Achatina immaculata'' Lamarck, 1822 (junior synonym)
* ''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 reticulata'' Pfeiffer, 1845 - Zanzibar: synonym of ''Lissachatina reticulata'' (L. Pfeiffer, 1845)
* ''Achatina varicosa'' Pfeiffer, 1845 - South Africa: synonym of '' Cochlitoma varicosa'' (L. Pfeiffer, 1861)
* ''Achatina zanzibarica'' Bourguignat, 1879 - Tanzania: synonym of ''Lissachatina zanzibarica'' (Bourguignat, 1879)
* ''Achatina zebra'' Bruguiere, 1792 - South Africa: synonym of ''Cochlitoma zebra'' (Bruguière, 1792)

References

External links

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