Archachatina knorri

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Archachatina knorri
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clade Heterobranchia
clade Euthyneura
clade Panpulmonata
clade Eupulmonata
clade Stylommatophora
informal group Sigmurethra
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A. knorri
Binomial name
Archachatina knorri
Jonas, 1839

Archachatina knorri is a species of large air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Achatinidae. This species is endemic to Liberia.

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References

  1. de Winter, A.J. 1996. Archachatina knorri. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Archived June 27, 2014, at the Wayback Machine Downloaded on 6 August 2007.