Biology:Archachatina
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Short description: Genus of gastropods
Archachatina | |
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Apertural view of a shell of Archachatina marginata | |
Scientific 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 | |
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Archachatina is a genus of large tropical air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Achatinidae.[2]
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[citation needed]
- Archachatina cinnamomea J.C. Melvill & J.H. Ponsonby, 1894
- Archachatina crawfordi Morelet, 1889[citation needed]
- 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[citation needed]
- 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[citation needed] - 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[citation needed] - South Africa: synonym of Cochlitoma churchilliana (Melvill & Ponsonby, 1895)
References
- ↑ Albers (1850). Die Heliceen, 189.
- ↑ 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.
External links
Wikidata ☰ Q4785345 entry
Original source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Archachatina.
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