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Achatinidae
Sign in to saveAchatinidae (New Latin, from Greek "agate") is a family of medium to large sized tropical land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks from Africa.
Species
giant African snails
FAMILY
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumMollusca
- ClassGastropoda
- OrderStylommatophora
- FamilyAchatinidae
Habitatmarine
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- taxon
- Parent taxon
- Achatinoidea
- Image
- Achatina fulica Hawaii.jpg
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Article
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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.