Description
Habitat
Biome: Terrestrial
Taxonomy
- Domain:
Eukaryota
(
)
- Whittaker & Margulis,1978
- eukaryotes
- Kingdom:
Animalia
(
)
- Linnaeus, 1758
- animals
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
(
)
- (Hatschek, 1888) Cavalier-Smith, 1983
- Branch:
Protostomia
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)
- Grobben, 1908
- Infrakingdom:
Lophotrochozoa
(
)
- Superphylum:
Eutrochozoa
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)
- 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:
Stylommatophora
(
)
- Cuvier, in Blainville, 1814
- Suborder:
Eupulmonata
(
)
- (Haszprunar & Huber, 1990)
- Infraorder:
Stylommatophora
(
)
- A. Schmidt, 1855
- Superfamily:
Achatinoidea
(
)
- Swainson, 1840
- Family:
Achatinidae
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)
-
- Genus:
Achatina
(
)
- Férussac, 1821
- Specific name:
vignoniana
- Morelet , 1874
- Scientific name: - Achatina vignoniana Morelet , 1874
- Specific name:
vignoniana
- Morelet , 1874
- Genus:
Achatina
(
- Family:
Achatinidae
(
- Superfamily:
Achatinoidea
(
- Infraorder:
Stylommatophora
(
- Suborder:
Eupulmonata
(
- Order:
Stylommatophora
(
- Superorder:
Heterobranchia
(
- Subclass:
Orthogastropoda
(
- Class:
Gastropoda
(
- Phylum:
Mollusca
(
- Superphylum:
Eutrochozoa
(
- Infrakingdom:
Lophotrochozoa
(
- Branch:
Protostomia
(
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
(
- Kingdom:
Animalia
(
Similar Species
Members of the genus Achatina
There are approximately 94 species 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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Notes
Contributors
- Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-2006. Systema Naturae 2000. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Amsterdam, The Netherlands. Accessed October 3, 2006.
- de Winter, A.J. 1996. Achatina vignoniana. In: IUCN 2006. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 14 January 2007.
- de Winter, A.J. 1996. In IUCN 2008. 2008 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCNRedList.org. Downloaded July 18, 2008.
Identifiers
- Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 7137151
- IUCN ID: 166
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 1228
