Achatina

Achatina is a genus of medium-sized to very large, air-breathing, tropical land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Achatinidae. There are some 200 species of Achatinidae in Sub-Saharan Africa. Some species are kept as terrarium animals due to their size of three inches, and colourful shells. Snails in this genus have medium to large shells which are ovate in shape and often colourfully streaked. Species within the genus Achatina include: Achatina achatina Linnaeus, 1758 or giant African snail, Agate Snail or Ghana Tiger Snail, from Western Africa (Liberia through Nigeria) grows to be the largest land snail on Earth. Achatina ampullacea Böttger, 1910 Achatina balteata Reeve, 1849 - Cameroon to Central Angola. Achatina bandeirana Morelet, 1866 Achatina bayaona Morelet, 1866 Achatina bayoli Morelet, 1888 Achatina bisculpta E. A. Smith, 1878 Achatina connollyi Preston, 1912 Achatina coroca Bruggen, 1978 Achatina craveni E. A. Smith, 1881 - Congo, Tanzania. Achatina dammarensis Pfeiffer - Botswana Achatina ellioti E. A. Smith, 1895 Achatina greyi Da Costa, 1907 Achatina hortensiae Morelet, 1866 Achatina iostoma Pfeiffer, 1854 - Cameroon Achatina iredalei Preston, 1910 Achatina lechaptoisi Ancey, 1894 Achatina obscura Da Costa, 1907 Achatina osborni Pilsbry, 1919 Achatina marginata Swainson, 1821 Achatina passargei von Martens Achatina pfeifferi Dunker, 1845 Achatina purpurea (Gmelin, 1790) Achatina randabeli Bourguignat, 1889 Achatina schinziana Bousson - Botswana Achatina schweinfurthi von Martens, 1873 - East Africa. Achatina semisculpta Dunker, 1845 - East Africa Achatina smithii Craven, 1881 Achatina stuhlmanni von Martens, 1892 - Uganda. Achatina sylvatica Putzeys, 1898 - Congo Achatina tavaresiana Morelet, 1866 - Angola Achatina tincta Reeve, 1842 - Congo, Angola Achatina tracheia Connolly, 1929 - Southeast Africa Achatina transparens Da Costa, 1907 Achatina variegata Roissy Achatina vignoniana Morelet, 1874: synonym of Achatina (Tripachatina) vignoniana Morelet, 1874 Achatina virgulata Da Costa, 1907 Achatina welwitschi Morelet, 1866 Achatina weynsi Dautzenberg, 1891 - Congo Achatina wildemani Dautzenberg, 1907 incertae sedis: Achatina vassei Germain, 1918 - The internal anatomy of this species is not known, and therefore the generic classification of ‘Achatina’ vassei cannot be made.