Lissachatina glutinosa

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

This is an old revision of this page, as edited by William Avery (talk | contribs) at 17:43, 27 August 2016 (Added Category:Animals described in 1853). The present address (URL) is a permanent link to this revision, which may differ significantly from the current revision.

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

clade Euthyneura
clade Panpulmonata
clade Eupulmonata
clade Stylommatophora

informal group Sigmurethra
Superfamily:
Family:
Subfamily:
Genus:
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

External links