Archachatina is a genus of large tropical air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Achatinidae.
Species
Species in the genus Archachatina include:
- Archachatina bicarinata <small>(Bruguière, 1789)</small> - São Tomé and Principe
- Archachatina burnupi <small>(E.A. Smith, 1890)</small>
- Archachatina buylaerti
- Archachatina camerunensis <small>d'Ailly, 1896</small>
- Archachatina cinnamomea <small>Mellvil & Ponsonby, 1894</small>
- Archachatina cinnamomea <small>J.C. Melvill & J.H. Ponsonby, 1894</small>
- Archachatina crawfordi <small>Morelet, 1889</small>
- Archachatina degneri <small>Bequaert & Clench, 1936</small> - Ghana
- Archachatina gaboonensis <small>Pilsbry, 1933</small> - Gabon
- Archachatina insularis <small>T.E. Crowley & T. Pain, 1961</small>
- Archachatina knorri <small>(Jonas, 1839)</small>
- Archachatina marginata <small>(Swainson, 1821)</small> - giant West African snail, Cameroon through Zaire
- Archachatina m. var. suturalis <small>(Philippi, 1849)</small> - São Tomé and PrÃÂncipe
- Archachatina marinae <small>Sirgel</small> - South Africa
- Archachatina papyracea <small>(Pfeiffer, 1845)</small> - Cameroon
- Archachatina p. adelinae <small>Pilsbry, 1905</small>
- Archachatina pentheri <small>(R. Sturany, 1898)</small>
- Archachatina porphyrostoma <small>H.A. Pilsbry, 1905</small>
- Archachatina purpurea <small>(Gmelin, 1790)</small> - Ghana
- Archachatina puylaerti <small>A.R. Mead, 1998</small>
- Archachatina rhodostoma <small>(R.A. Philippi, 1849)</small>
- Archachatina siderata <small>(L.A. Reeve, 1849)</small>
- Archachatina subcylindrica <small>H.B. Preston, 1909</small>
- Archachatina transvaalensis <small>(E.A. Smith, 1878)</small>
- Archachatina ventricosa <small>Gould, 1850</small> - Liberia, Sierra Leone, Côte d'Ivoire
- Archachatina v. spectaculum <small>Pilsbry, 1933</small> - Sierra Leone
- Archachatina viridescens <small>C.M.F. Ancey</small>
Species brought into synonymy:
- Archachatina bequaerti <small>Crowley & Pain, 1961</small> - Malawi: synonym of Bruggenina bequaerti <small>(Crowley & Pain, 1961)</small> (original combination)
- Archachatina churchilliana <small>(J.C. Melvill & J.H. Ponsonby, 1895)</small>: synonym of Cochlitoma churchilliana <small>(Melvill & Ponsonby, 1895)</small> (superseded combination)
- Archachatina dimidiata <small>(E.A. Smith, 1878)</small> - southeastern Africa: synonym of Cochlitoma dimidiata <small>(E. A. Smith, 1878)</small> (superseded combination)
- Archachatina drakensbergensis <small>(J.C. Melvill & J.H. Ponsonby, 1895)</small>: synonym of Cochlitoma drakensbergensis <small>(Melvill & Ponsonby, 1897)</small> (superseded combination)
- Archachatina granulata <small>(Krauss, 1848)</small> - South Africa: synonym of Cochlitoma granulata <small>(F. Krauss, 1848)</small> (superseded combination)
- Archachatina limitanea <small>A.C. van Bruggen, 1984</small>: synonym of Cochlitoma limitanea <small>(van Bruggen, 1984)</small> (superseded combination)
- Archachatina montistempli <small>van Bruggen, 1965</small> - South Africa: synonym of Cochlitoma montistempli <small>(van Bruggen, 1965)</small> (superseded combination)
- Archachatina omissa <small>van Bruggen, 1965</small> - South Africa: synonym of Cochlitoma omissa <small>(van Bruggen, 1965)</small> (superseded combination)
- Archachatina parthenia <small>(J.C. Melvill & J.H. Ponsonby, 1895)</small>: synonym of Cochlitoma parthenia <small>(Melvill & Ponsonby, 1903)</small> (superseded combination)
- Archachatina sanctaeluciae <small>A.C. van Bruggen, 1989</small>: synonym of Cochlitoma churchilliana <small>(Melvill & Ponsonby, 1895)</small> (junior synonym)
- Archachatina semidecussata <small>(Pfeiffer, 1846)</small>: synonym of Cochlitoma semidecussata <small>(L. Pfeiffer, 1846)</small> (superseded combination)
- Archachatina semigranosa <small>L. Pfeiffer, 1861</small>: synonym of Cochlitoma semigranosa <small>(Pfeiffer, 1861)</small> (superseded combination)
- Archachatina simplex <small>E.A. Smith, 1878</small>: synonym of Cochlitoma simplex <small>(E. A. Smith, 1878)</small> (superseded combination)
- Archachatina ustulata (Lamarck, 1822) - South Africa: synonym of Cochlitoma ustulata <small>(Lamarck, 1822)</small> (superseded combination)
- Archachatina vestita <small>Pfeiffer, 1855</small>: synonym of Cochlitoma vestita <small>(L. Pfeiffer, 1855)</small> (superseded combination)
- Archachatina zuluensis <small>Connolly</small> - South Africa: synonym of Cochlitoma churchilliana <small>(Melvill & Ponsonby, 1895)</small>
References
- Bank, R. (2017). Classification of the Recent terrestrial Gastropoda of the World. Last update: July 16, 2017.
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