Achatinidae

Taxobox
name = Achatinidae

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image_width = 250px
image_caption = Giant East African Snail, "Achatina fulica"
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Mollusca
classis = Gastropoda
subclassis = Orthogastropoda
superordo = Heterobranchia
ordo = Pulmonata
subordo = Eupulmonata
superfamilia = Achatinoidea
familia = Achatinidae
subdivision_ranks = Genera and species
subdivision = See text.

Achatinidae (New Latin, from Greek "agate") is a family of medium to large sized tropical land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks from Africa. The family includes some 13 genera.

Classification

*Genus "Achatina"
** "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 albopicta" E. A. Smith,1878 : along the coast of Kenya and Tanzania.
**"Achatina allisa" Reeve, 1849
**"Achatina balteata" Reeve, 1849 : Cameroon to Central Angola.
**"Achatina craveni" E. A. Smith, 1881 : Congo, Tanzania.
**"Achatina dammarensis" Pfeiffer : Botswana
**"Achatina fulgurata Pfeiffer, 1853 : Senegal
**"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.
***"Achatina fulica rodatzi" Dunker, 1852
***"Achatina fulica sinistrosa" Grateloup, 1840
***"Achatina fulica umbilicata" Nevill, 1879
**"Achatina glutinosa" Pfeiffer, 1854 : Mozambique
**"Achatina immaculata" Lamarck, 1822 : Southeastern Africa
**"Achatina iostoma" Pfeiffer,1852 : Cameroon.
**"Achatina iredalei" Preston, 1910
**"Achatina monochromatica" Pilsbry (Deprecated. Old historical synonym of Achatina achatina var. monochromatica)
**"Achatina mulanjensis" Crowley & Pain : Malawi
**"Achatina nyikaensis" Pilsbry, 1909 : Malawi
**"Achatina panthera" Férussac , 1832 : Zimbabwe, Mauritius. (Deprecated: Old Synonym of Achatina immaculata)
**"Achatina passargei" von Martens : Botswana
**"Achatina reticulata" Pfeiffer, 1845 : Zanzibar.
**"Achatina schweinfurthi" von Martens, 1873 : East Africa.
**"Achatina schinziana" Bousson : Botswana
**"Achatina semisculpta" Pfeiffer, 1845 : East Africa
**"Achatina smithii"
**"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 varicosa" Pfeiffer, 1845 : South Africa.
**"Achatina variegata" Roissy
**"Achatina vignoniana" Morelet, 1874
**"Achatina weynsi" Dautzenberg, 1891 : Congo
**"Achatina zanzibarica" Bourguignat : Tanzania.
**"Achatina zebra" Bruguiere, 1792 : South Africa.
* Genus "Archachatina"
**"Archachatina bequaerti" Crowley & Pain : Malawi
**"Archachatina bicarinata" Bruguiere, 1789 : São Tomé and Principe
**"Archachatina buylaerti"
**"Archachatina camerunensis" d'Ailly, 1896
**"Archachatina cinnamomea" Mellvil & Ponsonby, 1894
**"Archachatina crawfordi" Morelet, 1889
**"Archachatina degneri" Bequaert & Clench, 1936 : Ghana
**"Archachatina dimidiata" Smith,1878 : Southeastern Africa
**"Archachatina gaboonensis" Pilsbry, 1933 : Gabon
**"Archachatina granulata" Krauss, 1848 : South Africa
**"Archachatina knorrii"
**"Archachatina limitanea"
**"Archachatina marginata" Swainson, 1821 or Giant West African Snail is native to Western Africa (Cameroon through Zaire).
***"Archachatina marginata var. suturalis" Philippi, 1849 : São Tomé and Principe
**"Archachatina marinae" Sirgel : South Africa
**"Archachatina montistempli" van Bruggen : South Africa
**"Archachatina omissa" van Bruggen : South Africa
**"Archachatina papyracea" Pfeiffer, 1845 : Cameroun
***"Archachatina papyracea adelinae" Pilsbry, 1905
**"Archachatina purpurea" Gmelin, 1790 : Ghana
**"Archachatina semidecussata" Pfeiffer, 1846
**"Archachatina ustulata" Lamarck, 1822 : South Africa
**"Archachatina ventricosa" Gould,1850 : Liberia, Sierra Leone, Côte d'Ivoire
***"Archachatina ventricosa spectaculum" Pilsbry, 1933 : Sierra Leone
**"Archachatina vestita" Pfeiffer, 1855
**"Archachatina zuluensis" Connolly : South Africa
*Genus "Atopocochlis"
**"Archachatina exarata" Müller, 1774 : Guinea
*Genus "Burtoa"
**"Burtoa nilotica" Pfeiffer, 1861 : Congo
*Genus "Callistopepla"
**"Callistopepla graneri" Thiele, 1811 : Congo
*Genus "Cochlitoma"
*Genus "Columna"
**"Callistopepla columna" Müller, 1774 : São Tomé and Principe
**"Callistopepla leai" Tryon, 1866 : São Tomé and Principe
*Genus "Lignus"
**"Lignus alabaster" Rang, 1831 : Guinea
**"Lignus auripigmentum" Reeve, 1848 : East Africa
**"Lignus intertinctus" Gould, 1843 : Liberia
**"Lignus leai" Pilsbry, 1933 : Liberia
**"Lignus solimanus" Morelet, 1848 : Cameroun
*Genus "Limicolaria"
**"Limicolaria adansoni" Pfeiffer, 1861
**"Limicolaria aurora" Jay, 1839 : Cameroun, Senegal
**"Limicolaria cailliaudi" Pfeiffer
**"Limicolaria charbonnieri" Bourguignat, 1889 : Congo
**"Limicolaria dimidiata" Martens, 1880 : Sudan
**"Limicolaria distincta" Putzeys, 1898 : Congo
**"Limicolaria flammea" Müller, 1774 : Nigeria
***"Limicolaria flammea festiva" von Martens, 1869 : Sierra Leone
***"Limicolaria flammea spekiana" Grandidier, 1881 : Sudan
**"Limicolaria flammulata" Pfeiffer, 1847
**"Limicolaria kambeul" Bruguiere, 1792 : Sudan, Senegal
***"Limicolaria kambeul turriformis" Bruguiere, 1792
**"Limicolaria martensi" Martens : Africa
***"Limicolaria martensi karagweensis" Kobelt, 1913 : Congo
***"Limicolaria martensi pallidistriga" Martens, 1895 : Congo
**"Limicolaria martensiana" E. A. Smith, 1880 : Uganda, Nigeria
***"Limicolaria martensiana laikipiaensis" E/A. Smith, 1913 : Kenya
**"Limicolaria numidica" Reeve : Cameroon
**"Limicolaria saturata" E. A. Smith, 1895 : Kenya, Tanzania
***"Limicolaria saturata chromatica" Pilsbry, 1904 : Congo
**"Limicolaria smithii" Preston, 1906 : Uganda
**"Limicolaria turriformis" von Martens
**"Limicolaria zebra" Pilsbry : Cameroun
*Genus "Lissachatina "
*Genus "Metachatina"
**"Metachatina kraussi" Pfeiffer, 1846
*Genus "Perideriopis"
**"Perideriopis fallsensis" Dupuis & Putzeys, 1900 : Congo
***"Perideriopis fallsensis pronuba" Pilsbry, 1919 : Congo
**"Perideriopis umbilicata" Putzeys, 1898 : Congo
*Genus "Pseudachatina"
**"Perideriopis dennisoni" Pfeiffer : Cameroun, Gabon
**"Perideriopis downesii" Sowerby, 1838 : Gabon
**"Perideriopis wrighti" Sowerby, 1853 : Guinea

External links

* [http://www.exoticpetsuk.com/mysnails.htm Lots of African Snail Pictures]
* [http://www.arnobrosi.com/achatinoidea.html Achatinoidea pictures]
* [http://www.achatinidae.com Excellent site (in German)]
* [http://home.global.co.za/~peabrain/achatina.htm Achatinidae]
* [http://www.petsnails.co.uk/species/ Extensive information on Achatina and Archachatina in captivity with a helpful forum.]
* [http://www.aphis.usda.gov/plant_health/plant_pest_info/gas/index.shtml US Dept of Agriculture]