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Lissachatina albopicta

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African land snail
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Order: Stylommatophora
Suborder: Achatinina
Superfamily: Achatinoidea
Family: Achatinidae
Genus: Lissachatina
Species:
L. albopicta
Binomial name
Lissachatina albopicta
(E. A. Smith, 1878)
Synonyms
  • Achatina albopicta E. A. Smith, 1878 (original combination)
  • Achatina pilsbryi d'Ailly, 1910 (junior synonym)

Lissachatina albopicta, common name the African land snail, is a species of large air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Achatinidae. [1]

This species is native to Kenya.[2]

References

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  1. ^ MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Lissachatina albopicta (E. A. Smith, 1878). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1375101 on 2021-06-15
  2. ^ Mollusca - Metafro Infosys[permanent dead link]
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