Archachatina

Archachatina is a genus of large tropical air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Achatinidae.[2]

Archachatina
Apertural view of a shell of Archachatina marginata
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Heterobranchia
Order: Stylommatophora
Suborder: Achatinina
Superfamily: Achatinoidea
Family: Achatinidae
Genus: Archachatina
Albers, 1850[1]
Synonyms
  • Archachatina (Archachatina) Albers, 1850· accepted, alternate representation
  • Archachatina (Calachatina) Pilsbry, 1919· accepted, alternate representation
  • Archachatina (Megachatinopsis) Bequaert & Clench, 1936· accepted, alternate representation
  • Archachatina (Tholachatina) Bequaert, 1950· accepted, alternate representation
  • Megachatina Bequaert & Clench, 1936
  • Tholachatina Bequaert, 1950

Species

Species in the genus Archachatina include:

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

References
  1. Albers (1850). Die Heliceen, 189.
  2. MolluscaBase (2019). MolluscaBase. Archachatina Albers, 1850. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=995597 on 2019-06-30
  • Bank, R. (2017). Classification of the Recent terrestrial Gastropoda of the World. Last update: July 16, 2017.
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