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Achatinidae
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Achitinidae is a family of terrestrial snails from Africa. The family includes some 11 genera.
- Genus Achatina
- Achatina achatina Linnaeus, 1758 or Giant African Snail, Agate Snail or Ghana Tiger Snail, from Western Africa (Liberia through Nigeria) grows to be the largest land snail on Earth.
- Achatina albopicta E. A. Smith,1878 : along the coast of Kenya and Tanzania.
- Achatina allisa Reeve, 1849
- Achatina balteata Reeve, 1849 : Cameroon to Central Angola.
- Achatina craveni E. A. Smith, 1881 : Congo, Tanzania.
- Achatina dammarensis Pfeiffer : Botswana
- Achatina fulgurata Pfeiffer, 1853 : Senegal
- Achatina fulica Bowdich, 1822 or Giant East African Snail from Eastern Africa is a serious pest in the many tropical countries where it has been introduced, and is listed as an invasive species by some governments.
- Achatina fulica rodatzi Dunker, 1852
- Achatina fulica sinistrosa Grateloup, 1840
- Achatina fulica umbilicata Nevill, 1879
- Achatina glutinosa Pfeiffer, 1854 : Mozambique
- Achatina immaculata Lamarck, 1822 : Southeastern Africa
- Achatina iostoma Pfeiffer,1852 : Cameroon.
- Achatina iredalei Preston, 1910
- Achatina monochromatica Pilsbry (Deprecated. Old historical synonym of Achatina achatina var. monochromatica)
- Achatina mulanjensis Crowley & Pain : Malawi
- Achatina nyikaensis Pilsbry, 1909 : Malawi
- Achatina panthera Férussac, 1832 : Zimbabwe, Mauritius. (Deprecated: Old Synonym of Achatina immaculata)
- Achatina passargei von Martens : Botswana
- Achatina reticulata Pfeiffer, 1845 : Zanzibar.
- Achatina schweinfurthi von Martens, 1873 : East Africa.
- Achatina schinziana Bousson : Botswana
- Achatina semisculpta Pfeiffer, 1845 : East Africa
- Achatina smithii
- Achatina stuhlmanni von Martens, 1892 : Uganda.
- Achatina sylvatica Putzeys, 1898 : Congo
- Achatina tavaresiana Morelet, 1866 : Angola
- Achatina tincta Reeve, 1842 : Congo, Angola
- Achatina tracheia Connolly, 1929 : Southeast Africa
- Achatina varicosa Pfeiffer, 1845 : South Africa.
- Achatina variegata Roissy
- Achatina vignoniana Morelet, 1874
- Achatina weynsi Dautzenberg, 1891 : Congo
- Achatina zanzibarica Bourguignat : Tanzania.
- Achatina zebra Bruguiere, 1792 : South Africa.
- Genus Archachatina
- Archachatina bequaerti Crowley & Pain : Malawi
- Archachatina bicarinata Bruguiere, 1789 : São Tomé and Principe
- Archachatina buylaerti
- Archachatina camerunensis d'Ailly, 1896
- Archachatina cinnamomea Mellvil & Ponsonby, 1894
- Archachatina crawfordi Morelet, 1889
- Archachatina degneri Bequaert & Clench, 1936 : Ghana
- Archachatina dimidiata Smith,1878 : Southeastern Africa
- Archachatina gaboonensis Pilsbry, 1933 : Gabon
- Archachatina granulata Krauss, 1848 : South Africa
- Archachatina marginata Swainson, 1821 or Giant West African Snail is native to Western Africa (Cameroon through Zaire).
- Archachatina marginata var. suturalis Philippi, 1849 : São Tomé and Principe
- Archachatina marinae Sirgel : South Africa
- Archachatina montistempli van Bruggen : South Africa
- Archachatina omissa van Bruggen : South Africa
- Archachatina papyracea Pfeiffer, 1845 : Cameroun
- Archachatina papyracea adelinae Pilsbry, 1905
- Archachatina purpurea Gmelin, 1790 : Ghana
- Archachatina semidecussata Pfeiffer, 1846
- Archachatina ustulata Lamarck, 1822 : South Africa
- Archachatina ventricosa Gould,1850 : Liberia, Sierra Leone
- Archachatina ventricosa spectaculum Pilsbry, 1933 : Sierra Leone
- Archachatina vestita Pfeiffer, 1855
- Archachatina zuluensis Connolly : South Africa
- Genus Atopocochlis
- Archachatina exarata Müller, 1774 : Guinea
- Genus Burtoa
- Burtoa nilotica Pfeiffer, 1861 : Congo
- Genus Callistopepla
- Genus Columna
- Genus Lignus
- Genus Limicolaria
- Limicolaria adansoni Pfeiffer, 1861
- Limicolaria aurora Jay, 1839 : Cameroun, Senegal
- Limicolaria cailliaudi Pfeiffer
- Limicolaria charbonnieri Bourguignat, 1889 : Congo
- Limicolaria dimidiata Martens, 1880 : Sudan
- Limicolaria distincta Putzeys, 1898 : Congo
- Limicolaria flammea Müller, 1774 : Nigeria
- Limicolaria flammea festiva von Martens, 1869 : Sierra Leone
- Limicolaria flammea spekiana Grandidier, 1881 : Sudan
- Limicolaria flammulata Pfeiffer, 1847
- Limicolaria kambeul Bruguiere, 1792 : Sudan, Senegal
- Limicolaria kambeul turriformis Bruguiere, 1792
- Limicolaria martensi Martens : Africa
- Limicolaria martensiana E. A. Smith, 1880 : Uganda, Nigeria
- Limicolaria martensiana laikipiaensis E/A. Smith, 1913 : Kenya
- Limicolaria numidica Reeve : Cameroon
- Limicolaria saturata E. A. Smith, 1895 : Kenya, Tanzania
- Limicolaria saturata chromatica Pilsbry, 1904 : Congo
- Limicolaria smithii Preston, 1906 : Uganda
- Limicolaria turriformis von Martens
- Limicolaria zebra Pilsbry : Cameroun
- Genus Metachatina
- Metachatina kraussi Pfeiffer, 1846
- Genus Perideriopis
- Genus Pseudachatina