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 2022, there were 105 genera recognized within the family Achatinidae.
In this family, the number of haploid chromosomes lies between 26 and 30 (according to the values in this table).[2]
The native distribution of Achatinidae is Africa south of the Sahara.[3]
As of 2022, the family Achatinidae contains the following subfamilies:[4]
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The following genera are recognised in the family Achatinidae:[5]
Achatininae
Coeliaxinae
Cryptelasminae
Glessulinae
Opeatinae
Petriolinae
Pyrgininae
Rishetiinae
Rumininae
Stenogyrinae
Subulininae
Thyrophorellinae
Other subfamilies
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 2022, there were 105 genera recognized within the family Achatinidae.
