Achatina
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Achatina is a genus of medium-sized to very large, air-breathing, tropical land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Achatinidae.
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[edit] Distribution
There are some 200 species of Achatinidae in Sub-Saharan Africa.
[edit] Shell description
Snails in this genus have medium to large shells which are ovate in shape and often colourfully streaked.
[edit] Species within the genus Achatina
Species include:
- Achatina achatina
- Achatina albopicta
- Achatina craveni
- Achatina fulica, East African Land Snail
- Achatina glutinosa
- Achatina immaculata
- Achatina iredalei
- Achatina marginata
- Achatina nyikaensis
- Achatina reticulata
- Achatina smithii
- Achatina stuhlmannii
- Achatina varicosa
- Achatina vignoniana
- Achatina zebra
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