Achatina tincta

Achatina tincta is a species of large air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Achatinidae, the giant African snails.

Achatina tincta
Shell of Achatina tincta at the Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Milano
Scientific classification
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Achatininae
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A. tincta
Binomial name
Achatina tincta
Reeve, 1842

Distribution

This species is endemic to the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Angola.

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