Achatinidae
Also known as: Afrikanische Riesenschnecken, Caracoles terrestres gigantes, Giant Land Snails, Große Achatschnecken, Reuselandslakke, achatinovití, diKgopa, giant African snails
Classification
| Kingdom | Animalia |
|---|---|
| Phylum | Mollusca |
| Class | Gastropoda |
| Order | Stylommatophora |
| Family | Achatinidae |
| Habitat | MARINE, TERRESTRIAL |
| Genera | 99 |
| Species records held | 1356 |
| Descendant taxa (GBIF) | 1728 |
| GBIF key | 2630 |
Genera in Achatinidae
- Glessula — 140 species: Glessula abnormis, Glessula aborensis, Glessula akouktoungensis, Glessula amentum, Glessula anamullica, Glessula arthuri, Glessula baculina, Glessula barakensis
- Opeas — 91 species: Opeas adamsi, Opeas albaniense, Opeas annipacis, Opeas aphantum, Opeas araeum, Opeas arayatense, Opeas arctispirale, Opeas bocagei
- Curvella — 90 species: Curvella acutiuscula, Curvella aethiopica, Curvella afra, Curvella alabastrina, Curvella amicitiae, Curvella associata, Curvella babaulti, Curvella batesi
- Achatina — 89 species: Achatina accincta, Achatina accineta, Achatina achatina, Achatina aequatoria, Achatina ampullacea, Achatina antiqua, Achatina balteata, Achatina bandeirana
- Subulina — 68 species: Subulina abessinica, Subulina albini, Subulina avakubiensis, Subulina bequaerti, Subulina biafrae, Subulina bicolumellaris, Subulina brevior, Subulina bruggenorum
- Pseudopeas — 42 species: Pseudopeas bitzeense, Pseudopeas burnupi, Pseudopeas burunganum, Pseudopeas camerunense, Pseudopeas chariesterum, Pseudopeas chlorum, Pseudopeas concinnum, Pseudopeas conspicuum
- Homorus — 41 species: Homorus abnormis, Homorus angustatus, Homorus antorinii, Homorus arabicus, Homorus cerinus, Homorus conformis, Homorus courteti, Homorus cyanostomus
- Subulona — 41 species: Subulona alberti, Subulona amputata, Subulona badia, Subulona bumbaensis, Subulona burnessi, Subulona camerunensis, Subulona clara, Subulona clavaeformis
- Obeliscus — 39 species: Obeliscus abbotti, Obeliscus agassizi, Obeliscus attenuatus, Obeliscus bacterionides, Obeliscus binneyi, Obeliscus blandianus, Obeliscus boitata, Obeliscus carphodes
- Stenogyra — 37 species: Stenogyra aculeus, Stenogyra amazonica, Stenogyra angustata, Stenogyra arctispira, Stenogyra aubryana, Stenogyra bacillus, Stenogyra carolina, Stenogyra colombiana
- Euonyma — 34 species: Euonyma achilles, Euonyma acus, Euonyma arthuri, Euonyma barnardi, Euonyma beckeri, Euonyma blayneyi, Euonyma cacuminata, Euonyma damarica
- Prosopeas — 32 species: Prosopeas achates, Prosopeas anceyi, Prosopeas argentea, Prosopeas carolinum, Prosopeas cochliodes, Prosopeas discernibile, Prosopeas elberti, Prosopeas elongatulum
- Cochlitoma — 30 species: Cochlitoma aenigmatica, Cochlitoma churchilliana, Cochlitoma cinnamomea, Cochlitoma crawfordi, Cochlitoma dacostana, Cochlitoma dimidiata, Cochlitoma drakensbergensis, Cochlitoma granulata
- Kempioconcha — 30 species: Kempioconcha boivini, Kempioconcha burungaensis, Kempioconcha conradti, Kempioconcha cressyi, Kempioconcha decorsei, Kempioconcha elatior, Kempioconcha emini, Kempioconcha gibbonsi
- Leptinaria — 30 species: Leptinaria acicularis, Leptinaria aequatoria, Leptinaria anomala, Leptinaria bahamensis, Leptinaria blandiana, Leptinaria charlottei, Leptinaria convoluta, Leptinaria doddi
- Lamellaxis — 29 species: Lamellaxis alabastrina, Lamellaxis ambiguus, Lamellaxis biolleyi, Lamellaxis costaricanus, Lamellaxis crenulatus, Lamellaxis exiguus, Lamellaxis filicostatus, Lamellaxis fordianus
- Limicolaria — 28 species: Limicolaria aurora, Limicolaria borelli, Limicolaria bourgati, Limicolaria cailliaudi, Limicolaria chefneuxi, Limicolaria dhericourtiana, Limicolaria erlangeri, Limicolaria flammea
- Pseudoglessula — 28 species: Pseudoglessula acutissima, Pseudoglessula batesi, Pseudoglessula camerunensis, Pseudoglessula clavata, Pseudoglessula diaphana, Pseudoglessula efulenensis, Pseudoglessula fasciata, Pseudoglessula fischeri
- Nothapalus — 26 species: Nothapalus adelus, Nothapalus babaulti, Nothapalus caelatus, Nothapalus cylindricus, Nothapalus dealbertisi, Nothapalus densestriatus, Nothapalus dohertyi, Nothapalus ferussacioides
- Rishetia — 23 species: Rishetia burrailensis, Rishetia butleri, Rishetia garoense, Rishetia harmuttiensis, Rishetia hastula, Rishetia imphalensis, Rishetia kathmandica, Rishetia longispira
- Allopeas — 21 species: Allopeas acmella, Allopeas brevispira, Allopeas cavernicola, Allopeas clavulinum, Allopeas franzhuberi, Allopeas gracile, Allopeas hedeius, Allopeas heudei
- Oreohomorus — 18 species: Oreohomorus albini, Oreohomorus apio, Oreohomorus banjoensis, Oreohomorus bequaerti, Oreohomorus bicolor, Oreohomorus castaneus, Oreohomorus circumstriatus, Oreohomorus connollyi
- Limicolariopsis — 17 species: Limicolariopsis cylindrica, Limicolariopsis dohertyi, Limicolariopsis donaldsoni, Limicolariopsis elgonensis, Limicolariopsis ellisi, Limicolariopsis inepta, Limicolariopsis keniana, Limicolariopsis kivuensis
- Lissachatina — 16 species: Lissachatina albopicta, Lissachatina allisa, Lissachatina bloyeti, Lissachatina capelloi, Lissachatina eleanorae, Lissachatina fulica, Lissachatina glaucina, Lissachatina glutinosa
- Archachatina — 14 species:
- Lignus — 14 species:
- Pseudachatina — 14 species:
- Tortaxis — 14 species:
- Leptopeas — 13 species:
- Ischnoglessula — 12 species:
- Subuliniscus — 11 species:
- Xerocerastus — 10 species:
- Liobocageia — 9 species:
- Rhodea — 9 species:
- Zootecus — 9 species:
- Chilonopsis — 8 species:
- Bacillum — 7 species:
- Leptocalina — 7 species:
- Petriola — 7 species:
- Protobeliscus — 7 species:
- Bruggenina — 6 species:
- Paropeas — 6 species:
- Bequaertina — 5 species:
- Comoropeas — 5 species:
- Fortuna — 5 species:
- Riebeckia — 5 species:
- Brownisca — 4 species:
- Ceras — 4 species:
- Columna — 4 species:
- Krapfiella — 4 species:
- Lubricetta — 4 species:
- Neoglessula — 4 species:
- Ochrodermella — 4 species:
- Rumina — 4 species:
- Synapterpes — 4 species:
- Arabicolaria — 3 species:
- Atopocochlis — 3 species:
- Beckianum — 3 species:
- Bocageia — 3 species:
- Dictyoglessula — 3 species:
- Dysopeas — 3 species:
- Hypolysia — 3 species:
- Ischnocion — 3 species:
- Micropeas — 3 species:
- Namibiella — 3 species:
- Neosubulina — 3 species:
- Nothapalinus — 3 species:
- Aporachis — 2 species:
- Burtoa — 2 species:
- Callistoplepa — 2 species:
- Chryserpes — 2 species:
- Coeliaxis — 2 species:
- Dolicholestes — 2 species:
- Eremopeas — 2 species:
- Leptocala — 2 species:
- Leptocallista — 2 species:
- Nannobeliscus — 2 species:
- Oleata — 2 species:
- Pacaudiella — 2 species:
- Plicaxis — 2 species:
- Promoussonius — 2 species:
- Zoniferella — 2 species:
- Cryptelasmus — 1 species:
- Cylindrogyra — 1 species:
- Eutomopeas — 1 species:
- Lavajatus — 1 species:
- Mabilliella — 1 species:
- Metachatina — 1 species:
- Neobeliscus — 1 species:
- Nisopsis — 1 species:
- Ochroderma — 1 species:
- Opetiopsis — 1 species:
- Pelatrinia — 1 species:
- Pseudobalea — 1 species:
- Pyrgina — 1 species:
- Striosubulina — 1 species:
- Thomea — 1 species:
- Thyrophorella — 1 species:
- Vegrandinia — 1 species:
Source and Attribution
Taxonomic rank data on this page is drawn from the GBIF Backbone Taxonomy, doi.org/10.15468/39omei, GBIF Secretariat, licensed CC BY 4.0. Member-species counts are counts of records held in the Sanctum species index, not a claim of completeness for the family.