Achatinidae

Achatinidae
Temporal range: Pleistocene–Recent[1]
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Giant East African Snail, Achatina fulica
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Heterobranchia
clade Euthyneura
clade Panpulmonata
clade Eupulmonata
clade Stylommatophora
informal group Sigmurethra
Superfamily: Achatinoidea
Family: Achatinidae
Diversity[3]
176 extant species and subspecies in 16 genera within Achatinidae sensu stricto

Achatinidae (New Latin, from Greek "agate") is a family of medium to large sized tropical land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks from Africa.

Well known species include Achatina achatina the Giant African Snail, and Achatina fulica the Giant East African Snail.

As of 2011 there were recognized 176 extant species and subspecies in 16 genera within Achatinidae.[3]

Distribution

The native distribution of Achatinidae is Africa south of the Sahara.[1]

Anatomy

In this family, the number of haploid chromosomes lies between 26 and 30 (according to the values in this table).[4]

Taxonomy

The family Achatinidae is classified within the informal group Sigmurethra, itself belonging to the clade Stylommatophora within the clade Eupulmonata (according to taxonomy of the Gastropoda by Bouchet & Rocroi, 2005).[5]

  • Achatininae Swainson, 1840 - synonyms: Urceidae Chaper, 1884; Ampullidae Winckworth, 1945
  • Callistoplepinae Mead, 1994
  • Limicolariinae Schileyko, 1999

Genera

Burtoa nilotica shell

Genera in the family Achatinidae include:

Achatininae

Callistoplepinae

  • Callistoplepa Ancey, 1888 - type genus of the subfamily Limicolariinae[5]

Limicolariinae

  • Limicolaria Schumacher, 1817 - type genus of the subfamily Limicolariinae[5]

subfamily ?

  • Bruggenina Mead, 2004[7] Type species by original designation Archachatina sandgroundi Bequaert, 1950
  • Burtoa Bourguignat, 1889
  • Cochlitoma Férussac, 1821
  • Columna Perry, 1811
    • Columna columna (Muller 1774)
    • Columna flammea von Martens
    • Columna hainesi (Pfeiffer, 1852)
    • Columna leai Tryon 1866
  • Lignus Gray, 1834
    • Lignus alabaster Rang, 1831 - Guinea
    • Lignus auripigmentum Reeve, 1848 - East Africa
    • Lignus intertinctus Gould, 1843 - Liberia
    • Lignus leai Pilsbry, 1933 - Liberia
    • Lignus solimanus Morelet, 1848 - Cameroun
  • Metachatina Pilsbry, 1904
  • Perideriopis
    • Perideriopis fallsensis Dupuis & Putzeys, 1900 - Congo
      • Perideriopis fallsensis pronuba Pilsbry, 1919 - Congo
    • Perideriopis umbilicata Putzeys, 1898 - Congo
  • Pseudachatina Albers, 1850

References

  1. 1 2 "Family summary for Achatinidae". AnimalBase, last change 24-11-2007, accessed 3 August 2010
  2. ↑ Swainson W. J. (1840). A treatise on malacology161: 334.
  3. 1 2 Protiva T. (2011). Oblovky plži čeledi Achatinidae. Robimaus, 72 pp., ISBN 9788087293225.
  4. ↑ Barker G. M.: Gastropods on Land: Phylogeny, Diversity and Adaptive Morphology. in Barker G. M. (ed.): The biology of terrestrial molluscs. CABI Publishing, Oxon, UK, 2001, ISBN 0-85199-318-4. 1-146, cited pages: 139 and 142.
  5. 1 2 3 4 Bouchet, Philippe; Rocroi, Jean-Pierre; Frýda, Jiri; Hausdorf, Bernard; Ponder, Winston; Valdés, Ángel & Warén, Anders (2005). "Classification and nomenclator of gastropod families". Malacologia. Hackenheim, Germany: ConchBooks. 47 (1–2): 1–397. ISBN 3-925919-72-4. ISSN 0076-2997.
  6. ↑ Achatininae in www.petsnails.co.uk
  7. ↑ Mead A. R. (2004). "Comparative reproductive anatomy in the South African giant land snails (Gastropoda: Pulmonata: Achatinidae)". Zoologische Mededelingen Leiden 78: 417-449.
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