Achatina glutinosa

Achatina glutinosa
Shell of Achatina glutinosa from Ethiopia on display at the Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Milano
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Heterobranchia

clade Euthyneura
clade Panpulmonata
clade Eupulmonata
clade Stylommatophora
informal group Sigmurethra

Superfamily: Achatinoidea
Family: Achatinidae
Subfamily: Achatininae
Genus: Achatina
Species: A. glutinosa
Binomial name
Achatina glutinosa
Pfeiffer, 1853

Achatina 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.[1][2]

Description

Shells of this species can reach a length of about 10–15 centimetres (3.9–5.9 in).[3]

Distribution

This species is found in Tanzania, Malawi, Mozambique, Ethiopia and Zimbabwe. [3][4]

References

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