Achatinidae

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Family of gastropods

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::summary Family of gastropods ::

| fossil_range = | image = Achatina fulica Hawaii.jpg | image_caption = Giant African land snail, Lissachatina fulica | taxon = Achatinidae | authority = Swainson, 1840

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

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

Distribution

The native distribution of Achatinidae is Africa south of the Sahara.

Taxonomy

As of 2022, the family Achatinidae contains the following subfamilies:

  • Achatininae Swainson, 1840synonyms: 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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The following genera are recognised in the family Achatinidae: Achatininae

Coeliaxinae

Cryptelasminae

Glessulinae

Opeatinae

Petriolinae

Pyrgininae

Rishetiinae

Rumininae

Stenogyrinae

Subulininae

Thyrophorellinae

Other subfamilies

References

References

  1. [[William Swainson. Swainson W.]] (1840). ''A treatise on malacology'''''161''': 334.
  2. 0-85199-318-4. 1-146, cited pages: 139 and 142.
  3. [http://www.animalbase.uni-goettingen.de/zooweb/servlet/AnimalBase/home/family?id=874 "Family summary for Achatinidae"]. [[AnimalBase]], last change 24-11-2007, accessed 3 August 2010
  4. {{WRMS source. 278821. Bank, R. (2017). Classification of the Recent terrestrial Gastropoda of the World. Last update: July 16, 2017.. 10 January 2019
  5. "WoRMS – World Register of Marine Species – Achatinidae Swainson, 1840".
  6. {{Bouchet 2005

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