Achatina tincta

Achatina tincta is a species of large air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Achatinidae, the giant African snails.

Achatina tincta
Shell of Achatina tincta at the Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Milano
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Heterobranchia
Order: Stylommatophora
Suborder: Achatinina
Superfamily: Achatinoidea
Family: Achatinidae
Genus: Achatina
Species:
A. tincta
Binomial name
Achatina tincta
Reeve, 1842

Distribution

This species is endemic to the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Angola.

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