Achatinidae
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 Giant East African Snail, Achatina fulica | ||||||||||||||||||
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Achatina |
Achitinidae is a family of terrestrial snails from Africa. The family includes some 11 genera.
Classification
- Genus Achatina
- A. 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.
- A. albopicta E. A. Smith,1878 : along the coast of Kenya and Tanzania.
- A. allisa Reeve, 1849
- A. balteata Reeve, 1849 : Cameroon to Central Angola.
- A. craveni E. A. Smith, 1881 : Congo, Tanzania.
- A. dammarensis Pfeiffer : Botswana
- A. dimidiata : South Africa
- A. fulgurata Pfeiffer, 1853 : Senegal
- A. 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.
- A. f. rodatzi Dunker, 1852
- A. f. sinistrosa Grateloup, 1840
- A. f. umbilicata Nevill, 1879
- A. glutinosa Pfeiffer, 1854 : Mozambique
- A. immaculata Lamarck, 1821 : Equatorial Africa
- A. iostoma Pfeiffer,1852 : Cameroon.
- A. iredalei Preston, 1910
- A. monochromatica Pilsbry
- A. mulanjensis Crowley & Pain : Malawi
- A. nyikaensis Pilsbry, 1909 : Malawi
- A. panthera Férussac, 1832 : Zimbabwe, Mauritius.
- A. passargei von Martens : Botswana
- A. reticulata Pfeiffer, 1845 : Zanzibar.
- A. schweinfurthi von Martens, 1873 : East Africa.
- A. schinziana Bousson : Botswana
- A. semisculpta Pfeiffer, 1845 : East Africa
- A. smithii : Banded Giant Snail
- A. stuhlmanni von Martens, 1892 : Uganda.
- A. sylvatica Putzeys, 1898 : Congo
- A. tavaresiana Morelet, 1866 : Angola
- A. tincta Reeve, 1842 : Congo, Angola
- A. tracheia Connolly, 1929 : Southeast Africa
- A. varicosa Pfeiffer, 1845 : South Africa.
- A. variegata Roissy
- A. vignoniana Morelet, 1874
- A. weynsi Dautzenberg, 1891 : Congo
- A. zanzibarica Bourguignat : Tanzania.
- A. zebra Bruguiere, 1792 : South Africa.
- Genus Archachatina
- A. bequaerti Crowley & Pain : Malawi
- A. bicarinata Bruguiere, 1789 : São Tomé and Principe
- A. buylaerti
- A. camerunensis d'Ailly, 1896
- A. cinnamomea Mellvil & Ponsonby, 1894
- A. crawfordi Morelet, 1889
- A. degneri Bequaert & Clench, 1936 : Ghana
- A. gaboonensis Pilsbry, 1933 : Gabon
- A. granulata Krauss, 1848 : South Africa
- A. marginata Swainson, 1821 or Giant West African Snail is native to Western Africa (Cameroon through Zaire).
- A. marginata suturalis Philippi, 1849 : São Tomé and Principe
- A. marinae Sirgel : South Africa
- A. montistempli van Bruggen : South Africa
- A. omissa van Bruggen : South Africa
- A. papyracea Pfeiffer, 1845 : Cameroun
- A. p. adelinae Pilsbry, 1905
- A. purpurea Gmelin, 1790 : Ghana
- A. semidecussata Pfeiffer, 1846
- A. ustulata Lamarck, 1822 : South Africa
- A. ventricosa Gould,1850 : Liberia, Sierra Leone
- A. v. spectaculum Pilsbry, 1933 : Sierra Leone
- A. vestita Pfeiffer, 1855
- A. zuluensis Connolly : South Africa
- Genus Atopocochlis
- A. exarata Müller, 1774 : Guinea
- Genus Burtoa
- B. nilotica Pfeiffer, 1861 : Congo
- Genus Callistopepla
- C. graneri Thiele, 1811 : Congo
- Genus Columna
- C. columna Müller, 1774 : São Tomé and Principe
- C. 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
- L. adansoni Pfeiffer, 1861
- L. aurora Jay, 1839 : Cameroun, Senegal
- L. cailliaudi Pfeiffer,
- L. charbonnieri Bourguignat, 1889 : Congo
- L. dimidiata Martens, 1880 : Sudan
- L. distincta Putzeys, 1898 : Congo
- L. flammea Müller, 1774 : Nigeria
- L. f. festiva von Martens, 1869 : Sierra Leone
- L. f. spekiana Grandidier, 1881 : Sudan
- L. flammulata Pfeiffer, 1847
- L. kambeul Bruguiere, 1792 : Sudan, Senegal
- L. k. turriformis Bruguiere, 1792
- L. martensi Martens : Africa
- L. martensi karagweensis Kobelt, 1913 : Congo
- L. m. pallidistriga Martens, 1895 : Congo
- L. martensiana E. A. Smith, 1880 : Uganda, Nigeria
- L. m. laikipiaensis E/A. Smith, 1913 : Kenya
- L. numidica Reeve : Cameroon
- L. saturata E. A. Smith, 1895 : Kenya, Tanzania
- L. s. chromatica Pilsbry, 1904 : Congo
- L. smithii Preston, 1906 : Uganda
- L. turriformis von Martens
- L. zebra Pilsbry : Cameroun
- Genus Metachatina
- Metachatina kraussi Pfeiffer, 1846
- Genus Perideriopis
- P. fallsensis Dupuis & Putzeys, 1900 : Congo
- P. f. pronuba Pilsbry, 1919 : Congo
- P. umbilicata Putzeys, 1898 : Congo
- P. fallsensis Dupuis & Putzeys, 1900 : Congo
- Genus Pseudachatina
- P. dennisoni Pfeiffer : Cameroun, Gabon
- P. downesii Sowerby, 1838 : Cameroun
- P. sodeni Kobelt, 1893 : Gabon
- P. wrighti Sowerby, 1853 : Guinea
External links
- Achatine snails (Achatinidae) (http://members.lycos.co.uk/Mollusks/Schnecken/land/achat.html)
- Achatinoidea pictures (http://www.arnobrosi.com/achatinoidea.html)
- Excellent site (in German) (http://www.achatinidae.com)pl:Achatina