Achatinidae

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Achatinidae
Temporal range: Eocene–Recent
Achatina fulica Hawaii.jpg
Giant East African Snail, Lissachatina fulica
Scientific classification e
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Order: Stylommatophora
Suborder:
Superfamily: Achatinoidea
Family: Achatinidae
Swainson, 1840[1]
Diversity[2]
176 extant species and subspecies in 16 genera within Achatinidae sensu stricto

Achatinidae (New Latin, from Greek "agate") is a family of medium to large sized tropical land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks from Africa.

Well known species include Achatina achatina the Giant African Snail, and Lissachatina fulica the Giant East African Snail.

As of 2011 there were recognized 176 extant species and subspecies in 16 genera within Achatinidae.[2]

Distribution[]

The native distribution of Achatinidae is Africa south of the Sahara.[3]

Anatomy[]

In this family, the number of haploid chromosomes lies between 26 and 30 (according to the values in this table).[4]

Taxonomy[]

The family Achatinidae is classified within the informal group Sigmurethra, itself belonging to the clade Stylommatophora within the clade Eupulmonata (according to taxonomy of the Gastropoda by Bouchet & Rocroi, 2005).[5]

As of 2017, the family Achatinidae contains the following subfamilies:[6]

  • Achatininae Swainson, 1840 - synonyms: Urceidae Chaper, 1884; Ampullidae Winckworth, 1945
  • Coeliaxinae Pilsbry, 1907
  • Cryptelasminae Germain, 1916
  • Glessulinae Godwin-Austin, 1920
  • Opeatinae Thiele, 1931
  • Petriolinae Schileyko, 1999
  • Pyrgininae Germain, 1916
  • Rishetiinae Schileyko, 1999
  • Rumininae Wenz, 1923
  • Stenogyrinae P. Fischer & Crosse, 1877
  • Subulininae P. Fischer & Crosse, 1877
  • Thyrophorellinae Girard, 1895

Genera[]

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Genera in the family Achatinidae include:[6]

Achatininae

  • Achatina Lamarck, 1799 - type genus of the family Achatinidae[5]
  • Archachatina Albers, 1850[7]
  • Crosse & P. Fischer, 1888
  • Mead, 1994
  • Mead, 2004
  • Mead, 2004[8]
  • Bourguignat, 1889
  • Ancey, 1888
  • Férussac, 1821
  • Columna Perry, 1811
  • Ancey, 1888
  • Bequaert, 1950
  • Pilsbry, 1904
  • Lignus Gray, 1834
  • Limicolaria Schumacher, 1817
  • Limicolariopsis d'Ailly, 1910
  • Lissachatina Bequaert, 1950
  • Pilsbry, 1904
  • Albers, 1850

Coeliaxinae

  • H. Adams & Angas, 1865
  • Pilsbry, 1907
  • Smith, 1898

Cryptelasminae

  • Pilsbry, 1907
  • Thomea Girard, 1893

Glessulinae

  • Martens, 1860

Opeatinae

  • Pilsbry, 1906
  • Opeas Albers, 1850

Petriolinae

  • Girard, 1893
  • Dupuis & Putzeys, 1901
  • Chilonopsis Fischer de Waldheim, 1848
  • Dall, 1896
  • Pilsbry, 1906
  • Pilsbry, 1919
  • Homorus Albers, 1850
  • Pilsbry, 1919
  • Preston, 1910
  • Preston, 1913
  • Pilsbry, 1919
  • Ancey, 1886
  • Connolly, 1923
  • von Martens, 1897
  • Ortiz de Zarate, 1959
  • Pilsbry, 1919
  • Petriola Dall, 1905
  • Subuliniscus Pilsbry, 1919
  • Martens, 1889

Pyrgininae

  • Shuttleworth, 1854
  • Pyrgina Greef, 1882

Rishetiinae

  • Theobald, 1840
  • Pilsbry, 1946
  • Godwin-Austen, 1920
  • Pilsbry, 1906

Rumininae

  • Crosse, 1884
  • Preston, 1911
  • Haas, 1928
  • Zilch, 1954
  • von Martens, 1883
  • Rumina Risso, 1826
  • Kobelt & Möllendorff, 1902

Stenogyrinae

  • Pilsbry, 1906
  • Aguayo & Jaume, 1948
  • Pilsbry, 1906
  • Pilsbry, 1903
  • Pilsbry, 1896
  • Obeliscus Beck, 1837
  • Ancey, 1885
  • Thiele, 1931
  • Pilsbry, 1907
  • Sykes, 1903
  • Pilsbry, 1906
  • Pilsbry, 1906
  • Rhodea Adams & Adams, 1855
  • Shuttleworth, 1854
  • Pilsbry, 1896
  • Pilsbry, 1906

Subulininae

  • Allopeas H. B. Baker, 1935
  • Beckianum Baker, 1961
  • Chaper, 1885
  • Baker, 1927
  • Euonyma Melvill & Ponsonby, 1896
  • Hypolysia Melvill & Ponsonby, 1901
  • Lamellaxis Strebel & Pfeffer, 1882
  • Leptinaria Beck, 1837
  • Baker, 1927
  • Connolly, 1923
  • Pilsbry, 1909
  • Paropeas Pilsbry, 1906
  • Pilsbry, 1907
  • Prosopeas Mörch, 1876
  • Pseudoglessula Boettger, 1892
  • Pseudopeas Putzeys, 1899
  • Striosubulina Thiele, 1933
  • Subulina Beck, 1837
  • Vegrandinia Salvador, Cunha & Simone, 2013
  • Zootecus Westerlund, 1887

Thyrophorellinae

References[]

  1. ^ Swainson W. J. (1840). A treatise on malacology161: 334.
  2. ^ a b Protiva T. (2011). Oblovky plži čeledi Achatinidae. Robimaus, 72 pp., ISBN 9788087293225.
  3. ^ "Family summary for Achatinidae". AnimalBase, last change 24-11-2007, accessed 3 August 2010
  4. ^ 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, ISBN 0-85199-318-4. 1-146, cited pages: 139 and 142.
  5. ^ a b Bouchet, Philippe; Rocroi, Jean-Pierre; Frýda, Jiri; Hausdorf, Bernard; Ponder, Winston; Valdés, Ángel & Warén, Anders (2005). "Classification and nomenclator of gastropod families". Malacologia. Hackenheim, Germany: ConchBooks. 47 (1–2): 1–397. ISBN 3-925919-72-4. ISSN 0076-2997.
  6. ^ a b Bank, R. (2017). Classification of the Recent terrestrial Gastropoda of the World. Last update: July 16th, 2017.. World Register of Marine Species, Retrieved 10 January 2019.
  7. ^ Achatininae in www.petsnails.co.uk
  8. ^ Mead A. R. (2004). "Comparative reproductive anatomy in the South African giant land snails (Gastropoda: Pulmonata: Achatinidae)". Zoologische Mededelingen Leiden 78: 417-449.

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