Achatinidae
| Achatinidae Temporal range:
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| Giant East African Snail,Lissachatina fulica | |
Scientific classification
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Order: | Stylommatophora |
| Suborder: | Achatinina |
| Superfamily: | Achatinoidea |
| Family: | Achatinidae Swainson,1840[1] |
Achatinidae(New Latin, from Greek "agate") is afamilyof medium to large sized tropicalland snails,terrestrialpulmonategastropodmollusksfrom Africa.
Well known species includeAchatina achatinathe Giant African Snail, andLissachatina fulicathe Giant East African Snail.
As of 2022, there were 105 genera recognized within the family Achatinidae.
Description
[edit]In this family, the number ofhaploidchromosomeslies between 26 and 30 (according to the values in this table).[2]
Distribution
[edit]The native distribution of Achatinidae is Africasouth of the Sahara.[3]
Taxonomy
[edit]As of 2022, the family Achatinidae contains the following subfamilies:[4]
- AchatininaeSwainson,1840– synonyms: UrceidaeChaper, 1884;AmpullidaeWinckworth, 1945
- CoeliaxinaePilsbry, 1907
- CryptelasminaeGermain, 1916
- GlessulinaeGodwin-Austin, 1920
- OpeatinaeThiele, 1931
- PetriolinaeSchileyko, 1999
- PyrgininaeGermain, 1916
- RishetiinaeSchileyko, 1999
- RumininaeWenz, 1923
- StenogyrinaeP. Fischer & Crosse, 1877
- SubulininaeP. Fischer & Crosse, 1877
- ThyrophorellinaeGirard, 1895
Genera
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The following genera are recognised in the family Achatinidae:[5]
Achatininae
- AchatinaLamarck, 1799– type genus of the family Achatinidae[6]
- ArchachatinaAlbers, 1850
- AtopocochlisCrosse & P. Fischer, 1888
- BequaertinaMead, 1994
- BrowniscaMead, 2004
- BruggeninaMead, 2004
- BurtoaBourguignat, 1889
- CallistoplepaAncey, 1888
- CochlitomaFérussac, 1821
- ColumnaPerry, 1811
- LeptocalaAncey, 1888
- LeptocalinaBequaert, 1950
- LeptocallistaPilsbry, 1904
- LignusGray, 1834
- LimicolariaSchumacher, 1817
- Limicolariopsisd'Ailly, 1910
- LissachatinaBequaert, 1950
- MetachatinaPilsbry, 1904
- PseudachatinaAlbers, 1850
Coeliaxinae
- BalfouriaCrosse, 1884
- CoeliaxisH. Adams & Angas, 1865
- IschnocionPilsbry, 1907
- NannobeliscusWeyrauch, 1967
- NeosubulinaSmith, 1898
- Riebeckiavon Martens, 1883
Cryptelasminae
- CryptelasmusPilsbry, 1907
- ThomeaGirard, 1893
Glessulinae
- GlessulaMartens, 1860
Opeatinae
Petriolinae
- AporachisD. T. Holyoak, 2020
- BocageiaGirard, 1893
- CerasDupuis & Putzeys, 1901
- ChilonopsisFischer de Waldheim, 1848
- CleostylaDall, 1896
- ComoropeasPilsbry, 1906
- DictyoglessulaPilsbry, 1919
- HomorusAlbers, 1850
- IschnoglessulaPilsbry, 1919
- ItiopianaPreston, 1910
- KempioconchaPreston, 1913
- LiobocageiaPilsbry, 1919
- MabilliellaAncey, 1886
- NothapalinusConnolly, 1923
- Nothapalusvon Martens, 1897
- OleataOrtiz de Zarate, 1959
- OreohomorusPilsbry, 1919
- PetriolaDall, 1905
- SubuliniscusPilsbry, 1919
- SubulonaMartens, 1889
Pyrgininae
- PseudobaleaShuttleworth, 1854
- PyrginaGreef, 1882
Rishetiinae
- BacillumTheobald, 1840
- EutomopeasPilsbry, 1946
- RishetiaGodwin-Austen, 1920
- TortaxisPilsbry, 1906
Rumininae
- KrapfiellaPreston, 1911
- LubricettaHaas, 1928
- NamibiellaZilch, 1954
- RuminaRisso,1826
- XerocerastusKobelt & Möllendorff, 1902
Stenogyrinae
- ChryserpesPilsbry, 1906
- CupulellaAguayo & Jaume, 1948
- †CylindrogyraRepelin, 1902
- DolicholestesPilsbry, 1906
- LyobasisPilsbry, 1903
- NeobeliscusPilsbry, 1896
- †NisopsisMatheron, 1888
- ObeliscusBeck, 1837
- OchrodermaAncey, 1885
- OchrodermatinaThiele, 1931
- OchrodermellaPilsbry, 1907
- PlicaxisSykes, 1903
- PromoussoniusPilsbry, 1906
- ProtobeliscusPilsbry, 1906
- RhodeaAdams & Adams, 1855
- StenogyraShuttleworth, 1854
- SynapterpesPilsbry, 1896
- ZoniferellaPilsbry, 1906
Subulininae
- AllopeasH. B. Baker, 1935
- BeckianumBaker, 1961
- CurvellaChaper, 1885
- DysopeasBaker, 1927
- EuonymaMelvill & Ponsonby, 1896
- FortunaSchlickum & Strauch, 1972
- HypolysiaMelvill & Ponsonby, 1901
- LamellaxisStrebel & Pfeffer, 1882
- LavajatusSimone, 2018
- LeptinariaBeck, 1837
- LeptopeasBaker, 1927
- MicropeasConnolly, 1923
- NeoglessulaPilsbry, 1909
- †OpetiopsisS.-Y. Guo, 1983
- ParopeasPilsbry, 1906
- PelatriniaPilsbry, 1907
- ProsopeasMörch, 1876
- PseudoglessulaBoettger, 1892
- PseudopeasPutzeys, 1899
- StriosubulinaThiele, 1933
- SubulinaBeck, 1837
- VegrandiniaSalvador, Cunha & Simone, 2013
- ZootecusWesterlund, 1887
Thyrophorellinae
- ThyrophorellaGreeff, 1882
Other subfamilies
- †ArabicolariaHarzhauser & Neubauer, 2016
- †PacaudiellaHarzhauser & Neubauer, 2016
References
[edit]- ^Swainson W. J.(1840).A treatise on malacology161:334.
- ^Barker G. M.: Gastropods on Land:Phylogeny, Diversity and Adaptive Morphology.in Barker G. M. (ed.):The biology of terrestrial molluscs.CABI Publishing, Oxon, UK, 2001,ISBN0-85199-318-4.1-146, cited pages: 139 and 142.
- ^"Family summary for Achatinidae".AnimalBase,last change 24-11-2007, accessed 3 August 2010
- ^Bank, R. (2017). Classification of the Recent terrestrial Gastropoda of the World. Last update: July 16, 2017..World Register of Marine Species,Retrieved 10 January 2019.
- ^"WoRMS – World Register of Marine Species – Achatinidae Swainson, 1840".marinespecies.org.Retrieved2022-11-20.
- ^Bouchet, Philippe;Rocroi, Jean-Pierre;Frýda, Jiri; Hausdorf, Bernard;Ponder, Winston;Valdés, Ángel & Warén, Anders (2005). "Classification and nomenclator of gastropod families".Malacologia.47(1–2). Hackenheim, Germany: ConchBooks: 1–397.ISBN3-925919-72-4.ISSN0076-2997.
External links
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Data related toAchatinidaeat Wikispecies
Media related toAchatinidaeat Wikimedia Commons- AchatinidaeArchived2018-09-16 at theWayback Machine
- Extensive information onAchatinaandArchachatinain captivity with a helpful forum.
- US Dept of Agriculture
