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 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
- subgenus Lissachatina, 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 marginata Swainson, 1821
- Achatina monochromatica Pilsbry (Deprecated. Old historical synonym of Achatina achatina var. monochromatic)
- 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.
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.
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