Archachatina

Archachatina
Apertural view of a shell of Archachatina marginata
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Order:	Stylommatophora
Family:	Achatinidae
Genus:	Archachatina Albers, 1850 [1]
Synonyms
Archachatina (Archachatina)Albers, 1850· accepted, alternate representation Archachatina (Calachatina)Pilsbry, 1919· accepted, alternate representation Archachatina (Megachatinopsis)Bequaert & Clench, 1936· accepted, alternate representation Archachatina (Tholachatina)Bequaert, 1950· accepted, alternate representation MegachatinaBequaert & Clench, 1936 TholachatinaBequaert, 1950

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. adelinaePilsbry, 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. spectaculumPilsbry, 1933^{[ citation needed ]} - Sierra Leone
• Archachatina viridescens C.M.F. Ancey

Species brought into synonymy

• Archachatina bequaertiCrowley & 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 limitaneaA.C. van Bruggen, 1984: synonym of Cochlitoma limitanea (van Bruggen, 1984) (superseded combination)
• Archachatina montistemplivan Bruggen, 1965 - South Africa: synonym of Cochlitoma montistempli (van Bruggen, 1965) (superseded combination)
• Archachatina omissavan 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 sanctaeluciaeA.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 semigranosaL. Pfeiffer, 1861: synonym of Cochlitoma semigranosa (Pfeiffer, 1861) (superseded combination)
• Archachatina simplexE.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 vestitaPfeiffer, 1855: synonym of Cochlitoma vestita (L. Pfeiffer, 1855) (superseded combination)
• Archachatina zuluensisConnolly^{[ citation needed ]} - South Africa: synonym of Cochlitoma churchilliana (Melvill & Ponsonby, 1895)

References

1. Albers (1850). Die Heliceen, 189.
2. 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

• Worldwide Mollusc Species Database: Archachatina