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Lissachatina glutinosa

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Species of gastropod

Lissachatina glutinosa
Shell of Lissachatina glutinosa from Ethiopia on display at the Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Milano
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Order: Stylommatophora
Suborder: Achatinina
Superfamily: Achatinoidea
Family: Achatinidae
Genus: Lissachatina
Species: L. glutinosa
Binomial name
Lissachatina glutinosa
Pfeiffer, 1853
Synonyms
  • Achatina (Lissachatina) glutinosa L. Pfeiffer, 1854· accepted, alternate representation
  • Achatina glutinosa L. Pfeiffer, 1854 (original combination)
  • Achatina petersi E. von Martens, 1860

Lissachatina glutinosa, common name the African land snail, is a species of air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Achatinidae, the giant African snails.

Description

Shells of this species can reach a length of about 10–15 centimetres (3.9–5.9 in).

Distribution

This species is found in Tanzania, Malawi, Mozambique, Ethiopia and Zimbabwe.

References

  1. MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Lissachatina glutinosa (L. Pfeiffer, 1854). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1375095 on 2021-06-15
  2. ^ Anfri.livejournal
  3. WMSDB
  • Martens, E. von. (1860). Verzeichniss der von Prof. Peters in Mossambique gesammelten Land- und Süsswasser-Mollusken. Malakozoologische Blätter, 6: 211–221.

External links

Media related to Achatina glutinosa at Wikimedia Commons

Data related to Achatina at Wikispecies

Taxon identifiers
Achatina glutinosa
Lissachatina glutinosa


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