Achatinidae (New Latin, from Greek "agate") is a family of medium to large sized tropical land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks from Africa...
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Lissachatina fulica (category Achatinidae)
large land snail that belongs in the subfamily Achatininae of the family Achatinidae. It is also known as the Giant African land snail. It shares the common...
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Lissachatina reticulata (category Achatinidae)
land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusc in the family Achatinidae, the giant African snails. Adults are large (shell roughly 10–15 cm long...
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Lissachatina immaculata (category Achatinidae)
land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Achatinidae. Usually grows to 12–15 cm. Subspecies within this species include: Lissachatina...
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List of molluscs of Botswana (section Achatinidae)
Botswana molluscs are represented by 63 native species (13 bivalves, 24 freshwater snails, 24 land snails and two slugs) and by four introduced species:...
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Achatina (category Achatinidae)
terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Achatinidae. There are some 200 species of Achatinidae in Sub-Saharan Africa. Some species are kept as...
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Achatina achatina (category Achatinidae)
land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Achatinidae. The name "Achatina" is from "achates", Greek for agate. It shares the...
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African land snail is the common name of several species within the family Achatinidae, a family of unusually large African terrestrial snails: Achatina achatina...
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This is a list of the gastropods found on the island of St. Helena. Chilonopsis blofeldi (†) Chilonopsis exulatus (†) Chilonopsis helena (†) Chilonopsis...
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land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Achatinidae. Allopeas myrmekophilos lives in Malaysia. Allopeas myrmekophilosR. Janssen...
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