Biology:Achatina tincta

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Short description: Species of gastropod

Achatina tincta
Achatinidae - Achatina tincta.jpg
Shell of Achatina tincta at the Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Milano
Scientific classification edit
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

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

Distribution

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

References

Wikidata ☰ Q16824847 entry