Archachatina

Archachatina
	Apertural view of a shell of Archachatina marginata
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Order:	Stylommatophora
Suborder:	Achatinina
Superfamily:	Achatinoidea
Family:	Achatinidae
Genus:	Archachatina; Albers, 1850
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; Megachatina Bequaert & Clench, 1936; Tholachatina Bequaert, 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. adelinae Pilsbry, 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. spectaculum Pilsbry, 1933^{[citation needed]} - Sierra Leone
Archachatina viridescens C.M.F. Ancey

Species brought into synonymy

Archachatina bequaerti Crowley & 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 limitanea A.C. van Bruggen, 1984: synonym of Cochlitoma limitanea (van Bruggen, 1984) (superseded combination)
Archachatina montistempli van Bruggen, 1965 - South Africa: synonym of Cochlitoma montistempli (van Bruggen, 1965) (superseded combination)
Archachatina omissa van 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 sanctaeluciae A.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 semigranosa L. Pfeiffer, 1861: synonym of Cochlitoma semigranosa (Pfeiffer, 1861) (superseded combination)
Archachatina simplex E.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 vestita Pfeiffer, 1855: synonym of Cochlitoma vestita (L. Pfeiffer, 1855) (superseded combination)
Archachatina zuluensis Connolly^{[citation needed]} - South Africa: synonym of Cochlitoma churchilliana (Melvill & Ponsonby, 1895)

References

^ Albers (1850). Die Heliceen, 189.
^ 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