Lissachatina glutinosa | |
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Shell of Lissachatina glutinosa from Ethiopia on display at the Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Milano | |
Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Heterobranchia |
Order: | Stylommatophora |
Suborder: | Achatinina |
Superfamily: | Achatinoidea |
Family: | Achatinidae |
Genus: | Lissachatina |
Species: | L. glutinosa
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Binomial name | |
Lissachatina glutinosa
Pfeiffer, 1853
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Synonyms | |
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Lissachatina 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]
Shells of this species can reach a length of about 10–15 centimetres (3.9–5.9 in). [2]
This species is found in Tanzania, Malawi, Mozambique, Ethiopia and Zimbabwe. [2] [3]
Media related to
Achatina glutinosa at Wikimedia Commons
Data related to
Achatina at Wikispecies
Lissachatina glutinosa | |
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Shell of Lissachatina glutinosa from Ethiopia on display at the Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Milano | |
Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Heterobranchia |
Order: | Stylommatophora |
Suborder: | Achatinina |
Superfamily: | Achatinoidea |
Family: | Achatinidae |
Genus: | Lissachatina |
Species: | L. glutinosa
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Binomial name | |
Lissachatina glutinosa
Pfeiffer, 1853
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Synonyms | |
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Lissachatina 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]
Shells of this species can reach a length of about 10–15 centimetres (3.9–5.9 in). [2]
This species is found in Tanzania, Malawi, Mozambique, Ethiopia and Zimbabwe. [2] [3]
Media related to
Achatina glutinosa at Wikimedia Commons
Data related to
Achatina at Wikispecies