''Archachatina'' is a

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of large tropical air-breathing

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gastropod The gastropods (), commonly known as snails and slugs, belong to a large taxonomic class of invertebrates within the phylum Mollusca called Gastropoda (). This class comprises snails and slugs from saltwater, from freshwater, and from land. T ...

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s in the family

Achatinidae Achatinidae (New Latin, from Greek "''agate''") is a family of medium to large sized tropical land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks from Africa. Well known species include ''Achatina achatina'' the Giant African Snail, and ''Lis ...

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Species

Species in the genus ''Archachatina'' include: * '' Archachatina bicarinata'' (Bruguière, 1789) -

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and Principe * ''Archachatina burnupi'' (E.A. Smith, 1890) * ''Archachatina buylaerti'' * '' Archachatina camerunensis'' d'Ailly, 1896 * ''Archachatina cinnamomea'' Mellvil & Ponsonby, 1894 * ''Archachatina cinnamomea'' J.C. Melvill & J.H. Ponsonby, 1894 * ''Archachatina crawfordi'' Morelet, 1889 * ''Archachatina degneri'' Bequaert & Clench, 1936-

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* ''Archachatina gaboonensis'' Pilsbry, 1933 -

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* ''Archachatina insularis'' T.E. Crowley & T. Pain, 1961 * '' Archachatina knorri'' (Jonas, 1839) * ''

Archachatina marginata The giant West African snail or banana rasp snail (''Archachatina marginata'') is a species of air-breathing tropical land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Achatinidae. They can grow up to long, and live up to ...

'' (Swainson, 1821) - giant West African snail,

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** ''Archachatina m.'' var. ''suturalis'' (Philippi, 1849) - São Tomé and Príncipe * ''Archachatina marinae'' Sirgel- South Africa * ''Archachatina papyracea'' (Pfeiffer, 1845) - Cameroon ** ''Archachatina p. adelinae'' Pilsbry, 1905 * ''Archachatina pentheri'' (R. Sturany, 1898) * ''Archachatina porphyrostoma'' H.A. Pilsbry, 1905 * ''Archachatina purpurea'' (Gmelin, 1790) -

* ''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 -

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** ''Archachatina v. spectaculum'' Pilsbry, 1933 - Sierra Leone * ''Archachatina viridescens'' C.M.F. Ancey ;Species brought into synonymy: * ''Archachatina bequaerti'' Crowley & Pain, 1961

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: 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) -

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: 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'' (

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, 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 - 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.

External links

Worldwide Mollusc Species Database: ''Archachatina''
Achatinidae Taxonomy articles created by Polbot {{Achatinidae-stub