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F\u00e9russac, 1807Euachatina Shuttleworth, 1856Geodes Gistel, 1848Glandina (Achatina) Lamarck, 1799 (considered a separate genus)Oncaea Gistel, 1848Parachatina Bourguignat, 1889Serpaea Bourguignat, 1889Urceus M\u00f6rch, 1857Achatina is a genus of medium-sized to very large, air-breathing, tropical land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Achatinidae.[2]Distribution[edit]There are some 200 species of Achatinidae in Sub-Saharan Africa. Some species are kept as terrarium animals due to their size of three inches, and colourful shells.Shell description[edit]Snails in this genus have medium to large shells which are ovate in shape and often colourfully streaked.Species[edit]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 B\u00f6ttger, 1910Achatina balteata Reeve, 1849 – Cameroon to Central Angola.Achatina bandeirana Morelet, 1866Achatina bayaona Morelet, 1866Achatina bayoli Morelet, 1888Achatina bisculpta E. A. Smith, 1878Achatina connollyi Preston, 1912Achatina coroca Bruggen, 1978Achatina craveni E. A. Smith, 1881 – Congo, Tanzania.Achatina dammarensis Pfeiffer – BotswanaAchatina ellioti E. A. Smith, 1895Achatina greyi Da Costa, 1907Achatina hortensiae Morelet, 1866Achatina iostoma Pfeiffer, 1854 – CameroonAchatina iredalei Preston, 1910Achatina lechaptoisi Ancey, 1894Achatina obscura Da Costa, 1907Achatina osborni Pilsbry, 1919Achatina marginata Swainson, 1821[3]Achatina passargei von MartensAchatina pfeifferi Dunker, 1845Achatina purpurea (Gmelin, 1790)Achatina randabeli Bourguignat, 1889Achatina schinziana Bousson – BotswanaAchatina schweinfurthi von Martens, 1873 – East Africa.Achatina semisculpta Dunker, 1845 – East AfricaAchatina smithii Craven, 1881Achatina stuhlmanni von Martens, 1892 – Uganda.Achatina sylvatica Putzeys, 1898 – CongoAchatina tavaresiana Morelet, 1866 – AngolaAchatina tincta Reeve, 1842 – Congo, AngolaAchatina tracheia Connolly, 1929 – Southeast AfricaAchatina transparens Da Costa, 1907Achatina variegata RoissyAchatina vignoniana Morelet, 1874: synonym of Achatina (Tripachatina) vignoniana Morelet, 1874Achatina virgulata Da Costa, 1907Achatina welwitschi Morelet, 1866Achatina weynsi Dautzenberg, 1891 – CongoAchatina wildemani Dautzenberg, 1907incertae sedis:Achatina vassei Germain, 1918 – The internal anatomy of this species is not known, and therefore the generic classification of \u2018Achatina\u2019 vassei cannot be made.[4]Species brought into synonymyAchatina 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, 1995Achatina drakensbergensis Melvill & Ponsonby, 1897\u00a0: 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 (Bowdich, 1822)Achatina glaucina E. A. Smith, 1899: synonym of Lissachatina glaucina (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 F\u00e9russac, 1832 – Zimbabwe, Mauritius: synonym of Achatina immaculata Lamarck, 1822Achatina 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 (Brugui\u00e8re, 1792)References[edit]^ Lamarck J.-B. (1799). M\u00e9m. Soc. Hist. nat. Paris 1: 75.^ 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^ Du Cane Godman, Frederick. Annali Del Museo Civico Di Storia Naturale “Giacomo Doria”, Museo civico di storia naturale, Genoa, 1916, p. 245^ Bruggen A. C. van (2010). “A new record of \u2018Achatina\u2019 vassei Germain, 1918 (Gastropoda, Pulmonata, Achatinidae) from Mozambique \u2013 an unsolved problem”. Zoologische Mededelingen 84. HTM Archived 2011-10-07 at the Wayback Machine.External links[edit]Wikimedia Commons has media related to Achatina."},{"@context":"http:\/\/schema.org\/","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"https:\/\/wiki.edu.vn\/en\/wiki41\/#breadcrumbitem","name":"Enzyklop\u00e4die"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https:\/\/wiki.edu.vn\/en\/wiki41\/achatina-wikipedia\/#breadcrumbitem","name":"Achatina – Wikipedia"}}]}]