Achatinidae
Achatinidae Temporal range:
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Giant East African Snail, Lissachatina fulica | |
Scientific classification | |
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[]
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
- Thyrophorella Greeff, 1882
References[]
- ^ Swainson W. J. (1840). A treatise on malacology161: 334.
- ^ a b Protiva T. (2011). Oblovky plži čeledi Achatinidae. Robimaus, 72 pp., ISBN 9788087293225.
- ^ "Family summary for Achatinidae". AnimalBase, last change 24-11-2007, accessed 3 August 2010
- ^ 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.
- ^ 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.
- ^ 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.
- ^ Achatininae in www.petsnails.co.uk
- ^ 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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