Achatina vignoniana

Description

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Habitat

Biome: Terrestrial

Taxonomy

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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: Stylommatophora () - 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: vignoniana - Morelet , 1874
        Scientific name: - Achatina vignoniana Morelet , 1874

Similar Species

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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

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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