Overview
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Common Names
Common Names in English:
African Land Snail, Giant African Snail, Giant East African Snail, Oahu Treesnail
Description
Physical Description
Species Achatina fulica
Shell length : 8.07 inches (20.5 cm) Fully extended length: 12.25 inches (31.1 cm) Weight range : 1 lb .5oz to 1 lb. 8oz (598 to 704 g)
Habitat
Typically found at an altitude of 0 to 1,851 meters (0 to 6,073 feet).[1]
Biome: Terrestrial
Taxonomy
- Domain:
Eukaryota
(
)
- Whittaker & Margulis,1978
- eukaryotes
- Kingdom:
Animalia
()
- Linnaeus, 1758
- animals
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
()
- (Hatschek, 1888) Cavalier-Smith, 1983
- Branch:
Protostomia
()
- Grobben, 1908
- Infrakingdom:
Lophotrochozoa
()
- Superphylum:
Eutrochozoa
()
- Phylum:
Mollusca
()
- (Linnaeus, 1758) Cuvier, 1795
- Molluscs
- Class:
Gastropoda
()
- Cuvier, 1795
- Snails and Slugs
- Subclass:
Orthogastropoda
()
- Ponder & Lindberg, 1996
- Superorder:
Heterobranchia
()
- J.e. Gray, 1840
- Order:
Pulmonata
()
- Cuvier, in Blainville, 1814
- Suborder:
Eupulmonata
()
- (Haszprunar & Huber, 1990)
- Infraorder:
Stylommatophora
()
- A. Schmidt, 1855
- Superfamily:
Achatinoidea
()
- Swainson, 1840
- Family:
Achatinidae
()
-
- Genus:
Achatina
()
- Férussac, 1821
- Specific name:
fulica
- (Bowdich, 1822)
- Scientific name: - Achatina fulica (Bowdich, 1822)
- Specific name:
fulica
- (Bowdich, 1822)
- Genus:
Achatina
(
- Family:
Achatinidae
(
- Superfamily:
Achatinoidea
(
- Infraorder:
Stylommatophora
(
- Suborder:
Eupulmonata
(
- Order:
Pulmonata
(
- Superorder:
Heterobranchia
(
- Subclass:
Orthogastropoda
(
- Class:
Gastropoda
(
- Phylum:
Mollusca
(
- Superphylum:
Eutrochozoa
(
- Infrakingdom:
Lophotrochozoa
(
- Branch:
Protostomia
(
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
(
- Kingdom:
Animalia
(
Notes
Name Status: Accepted Name . Latest taxonomic scrutiny: 24-Jun-1996
Similar Species
Members of the genus Achatina
ZipcodeZoo has pages for 94 species and subspecies in this genus:
A. #2 · A. achatina (Giant Ghana Tiger Snail) · A. acicula · A. adelinae · A. albopicta (African Land Snail) · A. ampullacea · A. balteata · A. balteata balteata · A. bicarinata · A. camerunensis · A. capelloi · A. connollyi · A. coroca · A. costellata · A. craveni · A. crawfordi · A. crenata · A. cyanea · A. cylichna · A. damarensis · A. dimidiata · A. dimidiata var. volkensis von Martens, 1897 · A. fasciata · A. flammea var. festiva von Martens, 1870 · A. fulgurata · A. fulica (Giant East African Snail) · A. fulica fulica · A. fulica hamillei · A. fulica rodatzi · A. fulica umbilicata · A. fulva · A. glutinosa (African Land Snail) · A. goodalii · A. granulata · A. graueri · A. greyi · A. hohenvarti · A. immaculata (Pink-Lipped Agate Snail) · A. iostoma · A. iredalei (Albino Land Snail) · A. kraussi · A. lactea · A. leakeyi · A. lubrica · A. machachensis · A. marginata · A. marginata var. gracilior von Martens, 1860 · A. nilotica · A. nilotica var. emini von Martens, 1891 · A. osborni · A. panthera (African Land Snail) · A. panthera var. neumanni von Martens, 1897 · A. passargei · A. pellucida · A. perdix · A. pfeifferi · A. porphyrostoma · A. purpurea · A. p chrysoderma · A. reevana · A. reticulata (African Land Snail) · A. rodatzi · A. rugosa · A. schinziana · A. schinziana var. degenerata O.Boettger, 1910 · A. schweinfurthi · A. schweinfurthi von · A. schweinfurti · A. semisculpta · A. sennarensis var. hartmanni von Martens, 1865 · A. sennariensis var. gracilis von Martens, 1877 · A. simplex · A. sinistrorsa · A. sinistrosa · A. smithii · A. stihlmanni v · A. studleyi · A. stuhlmanni (Ugandan Pink Lip Snail) · A. stuhlmanni von · A. sylvatica · A. sylvatica xanthia · A. tincta · A. ustulata · A. varicosa (African Land Snail) · A. variegata · A. veneta · A. ventricosa · A. vestita · A. vignoniana · A. virginea · A. weynsi · A. zanzibarica · A. zebra · A. zebroides
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Further Reading
- Abbott, R.T., 1989, Compendium of Landshells, pg.79.
- Anglo-russkii biologicheskii slovar' / [avtory, I. N. Afanas'eva et al.; spetsial'nye nauch. redaktory, O. I. Chibisova i L. A. Koziar]. Moskva: Russkii iazyk, 1979. ENG url p. 591.
- Annals of the South African Museum. Annale van die Suid-Afrikaanse Museum. Cape Town [etc., South African Museum, etc.] ENG url p. 188, p. 193, p. 194.
- Annual report of the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution. Washington: Smithsonian Institution, -1965. ENG url p. 115.
- Archiv für Naturgeschichte. Berlin: Nicolai, 1835- GER url p. 147, p. 344, p. 533, p. 535.
- Bibliographia zoologica. Leipzig: Wilhelm Engelmann, 1896-1934. MUL url p. 94.
- Bulletin de la Société zoologique de France. Paris: La Société, FRE url p. 57, p. 79.
- Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History). London: BM(NH) ENG url p. 202.
- Experiment station record. Washington: G.P.O., 1889-1946. ENG url p. 751.
- Groombridge, B. (ed.) 1994. 1994 IUCN Red List of Threatened Animals. IUCN, Gland, Switzerland.
- IUCN. 1990. 1990 IUCN Red List of Threatened Animals. IUCN, Gland, Switzerland and Cambridge, UK.
- Jahrbuch der Hamburgischen Wissenschaftlichen Anstalten. Hamburg: Lucas Gr©Þfe & Sillem, 1883-1916. GER url p. 24.
- Jahresbericht über das Gebiet der Pflanzenkrankheiten. Berlin: P. Parey, 1907-1917. GER url p. 348, p. 367.
- Journal of shellfish research. [S.l.: National Shellfisheries Association, 1981- url p. 1087, p. 733.
- Just's botanischer jahresbericht. Systematisch geordnetes repertorium der botanischen literatur aller länder. Berlin, Gebr. Borntraeger, 1874-98; GER url p. 651, p. 652.
- Les variations et leur hérédité chez les mollusques. Bruxelles, Hayez, 1920. FRE url p. 28, p. 34.
- Manual of conchology, structural and systematic: with illustrations of the species. by George W. Tryon, Jr. Philadelphia: Published by the Author, 1885-1935. ENG url p. 226, p. 44, p. 54, p. 56, p. 57, p. 58.
- Mitteilungen aus dem Naturhistorischen Museum in Hamburg. Hamburg: L©tcke & Wulff, GER url p. 114.
- New names introduced by H. A. Pilsbry in the Mollusca and Crustacea, by William J. Clench and Ruth D. Turner. [Philadelphia]Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, 1962. ENG url p. 33.
- Occasional papers of the California Academy of Sciences. San Francisco: California Academy of Sciences, ENG url p. 22, p. 25, p. 3, p. 75, p. 79, p. 80, p. 81, p. 83, p. 89, p. 93, p. 96, p. 99.
- Principles of animal ecology, by W. C. Allee [and others] Philadelphia, Saunders Co., 1949. ENG url p. 439.
- Recent advances in invertebrate physiology; a symposium sponsored by the National Science Foundation, the Tektronix Foundation [and] the University of Oregon. Bradley T. Scheer, editor; Theodore H. Bullock, Lewis H. Kleinholz [and] Arthur W. Martin, assoc Eugene, University of Oregon Publications, 1957. ENG url p. 253, p. 265.
- Saipan, the ethnology of a war-devastated island / Alexander Spoehr [Chicago]Chicago Natural History Museum, 1954. ENG url p. 24.
- Sitzungsberichte der Gesellschaft Naturforschender Freunde zu Berlin. Berlin, Gesellschaft Naturforschender Freunde. GER url p. 16.
- Spolia zeylanica. [S.l.: s.n.] ENG url p. 110, p. 84.
- The Biological bulletin. Woods Hole, Mass.: Marine Biological Laboratory, ENG url p. 170, p. 18, p. 207, p. 209, p. 439, p. 547.
- The Cambridge natural history, ed. by S.F. Harmer and A.E. Shipley [London, Macmillan and co., limited;1895-1909] ENG url p. 513.
- The Nautilus. [Melbourne, Fla., etc., American Malacologists, inc., etc.] ENG url p. 14, p. 142, p. 143, p. 144, p. 15, p. 17, p. 21, p. 24, p. 29, p. 3, p. 3, p. 31, p. 31, p. 33, p. 35, p. 36, p. 36, p. 37, p. 38, p. 39, p. 41, p. 41, p. 45, p. 46, p. 46, p. 6, p. 67, p. 67, p. 68, p. 71, p. 72, p. 75.
- Wells, S.M., Pyle, R.M. and Collins, N.M. (compilers) 1983. The IUCN Invertebrate Red Data Book. IUCN, Gland, Switzerland and Cambridge, UK.
Notes
Contributors
- Bisby, F.A., Y.R. Roskov, M.A. Ruggiero, T.M. Orrell, L.E. Paglinawan, P.W. Brewer, N. Bailly, J. van Hertum, eds (2007). Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2007 Annual Checklist. Species 2000: Reading, U.K.
- Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-2006. Systema Naturae 2000. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Amsterdam, The Netherlands. Accessed October 3, 2006.
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Accessed December 10, 2007. http://www.gbif.org Mediated distribution data from provider.
- Honolulu Zoo
Data Sources
Accessed through GBIF Data Portal February 28, 2008:
- Academy of Natural Sciences: Academy of Natural Sciences Malacology Database
- Academy of Natural Sciences: Academy of Natural Sciences OBIS Mollusc Database [Darwin Core]
- Biologiezentrum der Oberoesterreichischen Landesmuseen: Biologiezentrum Linz
- GBIF-Sweden: Invertebrates (GBIF-SE:SMNH)
- Institute of Marine and Coastal Sciences, Rutgers University: Academy of Natural Sciences OBIS Mollusc Database
Identifiers
- Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 2687959
- Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: ITS-76978
- Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Serial Number (TSN): 76978
- Natural Heritage Network Species Identifier: IMGASAA010
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 1229
Footnotes
- Mean = 179.850 meters (590.059 feet), Standard Deviation = 499.780 based on 26 observations. Altitude information for each observation from British Oceanographic Data Centre. [back]
