Achatinidae

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Achatinidae
Temporal range: Eocene–Recent
Cochlitoma zebra S6_01 Mehestan Natural History Collection, Iran 2025, 73mm
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Order: Stylommatophora
Superfamily: Achatinoidea
Family: Achatinidae
Swainson, 1840[1]

Achatinidae (New Latin, from Greek "agate") is a family of medium to large sized tropical land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks from Africa.

Well known species include Achatina achatina the Giant African Snail, and Lissachatina fulica the Giant East African Snail.

As of 2022, there were 105 genera recognized within the family Achatinidae.

Description

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In this family, the number of haploid chromosomes lies between 26 and 30 (according to the values in this table).[2]

Distribution

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The native distribution of Achatinidae is Africa south of the Sahara.[3]

Taxonomy

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As of 2022, the family Achatinidae contains the following subfamilies:[4]

  • Achatininae Swainson, 1840 – synonyms: Urceidae Chaper, 1884; Ampullidae Winckworth, 1945
  • Coeliaxinae Pilsbry, 1907
  • Cryptelasminae Germain, 1916
  • Glessulinae Godwin-Austin, 1920
  • Opeatinae Thiele, 1931
  • Petriolinae Schileyko, 1999
  • Pyrgininae Germain, 1916
  • Rishetiinae Schileyko, 1999
  • Rumininae Wenz, 1923
  • Stenogyrinae P. Fischer & Crosse, 1877
  • Subulininae P. Fischer & Crosse, 1877
  • Thyrophorellinae Girard, 1895

Genera

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Burtoa nilotica shell

The following genera are recognised in the family Achatinidae:[5]

Achatininae

Coeliaxinae

Cryptelasminae

Glessulinae

Opeatinae

Petriolinae

Pyrgininae

Rishetiinae

Rumininae

Stenogyrinae

Subulininae

Thyrophorellinae

Other subfamilies

References

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  1. ^ Swainson W. (1840). A treatise on malacology161: 334.
  2. ^ Barker G. M.: Gastropods on Land: Phylogeny, Diversity and Adaptive Morphology. in Barker G. M. (ed.): The biology of terrestrial molluscs. CABI Publishing, Oxon, UK, 2001, ISBN 0-85199-318-4. 1-146, cited pages: 139 and 142.
  3. ^ "Family summary for Achatinidae". AnimalBase, last change 24-11-2007, accessed 3 August 2010
  4. ^ Bank, R. (2017). Classification of the Recent terrestrial Gastropoda of the World. Last update: July 16, 2017.. World Register of Marine Species, Retrieved 10 January 2019.
  5. ^ "WoRMS – World Register of Marine Species – Achatinidae Swainson, 1840". www.marinespecies.org. Retrieved 2022-11-20.
  6. ^ Bouchet, Philippe; Rocroi, Jean-Pierre; Frýda, Jiri; Hausdorf, Bernard; Ponder, Winston; Valdés, Ángel & Warén, Anders (2005). "Classification and nomenclator of gastropod families". Malacologia. 47 (1–2). Hackenheim, Germany: ConchBooks: 1–397. ISBN 3-925919-72-4. ISSN 0076-2997.
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