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Giant African Snail

Achatina fulica (Férussac 1821)

Scientific Names

Preferred Names

Achatina fulica
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Achatina fulica
Recognized by Moorea Biocode, Global Invasive Species Database, Biopix Nature Photos, and Hanotte and Mensah 2002
Achatina fulica (Férussac 1821)
Species recognized by EOL Dynamic Hierarchy 1.1, EOL Dynamic Hierarchy 1.1, GBIF classification, Mozambique Species List, and GBIF national node type records Germany
Achatina fulica Ferussac 1821
Recognized by Conabio
Achatina hamillei Petit 1859
Species recognized by GBIF national node type records France
Lissachatina fulica
Species recognized by Barbados Species List, Australia Species List, Benin Species List, China Species List, Colombia Species List, Ecuador Species List, French Polynesia Species List, Guam Species List, Hong Kong Species List, India Species List, Madagascar Species List, Malaysia Species List, Maldives Species List, Philippines Species List, Saint Lucia Species List, Samoa Species List, Seychelles Species List, Singapore Species List, South Korea Species List, South Africa Species List, Taiwan Species List, Tanzania Species List, Thailand Species List, Timor Leste Species List, Venezuela Species List, Vietnam Species List, Vanuatu Species List, Indonesia Species List, Indian Ocean Species List, North Atlantic Species List, North Pacific Species List, South Atlantic Species List, South Pacific Species List, NCBI, Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species, and United States Species List
Lissachatina fulica
Recognized by Moorea Biocode
Achatina fulica
Recognized by PlanetScott and iDigBio type specimen records
Achatina fulica (Ferussac 1821)
Species recognized by Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Hierarchy
Achatina hamillei
Recognized by iDigBio type specimen records
Lissachatina fulica
Species recognized by wikidata_hierarchy tar gz and Global Biotic Interactions
Lissachatina fulica (Bowdich 1822)
Species recognized by Catalogue of Life 7 February 2023 and iNaturalist
Lissachatina fulica (Bowdich 1822) Bowdich 1822
Species recognized by TreatmentBank

Alternative Names

Achatina hamillei Petit 1859
Synonym according to EOL Dynamic Hierarchy 1.1 and EOL Dynamic Hierarchy 1.1
Achatina (Lissachatina) fulica (Férussac 1821)
Synonym according to EOL Dynamic Hierarchy 1.1 and EOL Dynamic Hierarchy 1.1
Helix fulica Férussac 1821
Synonym according to EOL Dynamic Hierarchy 1.1 and EOL Dynamic Hierarchy 1.1
Helix (Cochlitoma) fulica Férussac 1821
Synonym according to EOL Dynamic Hierarchy 1.1 and EOL Dynamic Hierarchy 1.1
Lissachatina fulica (Férussac 1821)
Synonym according to EOL Dynamic Hierarchy 1.1 and EOL Dynamic Hierarchy 1.1
Achatina (Achatina) fulica (Bowdich 1822)
Synonym according to Catalogue of Life 7 February 2023
Achatina (Lissachatina) fulica Bowdich 1822
Synonym according to Catalogue of Life 7 February 2023
Achatina (Lissachatina) fulica fulica Bowdich 1822
Synonym according to Catalogue of Life 7 February 2023
Achatina acuta Lamarck 1822
Synonym according to Catalogue of Life 7 February 2023
Achatina couroupa Lesson 1830
Synonym according to Catalogue of Life 7 February 2023
Achatina fasciata Deshayes 1831
Synonym according to Catalogue of Life 7 February 2023
Achatina fulica Bowdich 1822
Synonym according to Catalogue of Life 7 February 2023
Achatina mauritiana Lamarck 1822
Synonym according to Catalogue of Life 7 February 2023
Achatina mauritiana var. sinistrorsa Grateloup 1840
Synonym according to Catalogue of Life 7 February 2023
Achatina rediviva Mabille 1901
Synonym according to Catalogue of Life 7 February 2023
Achatina zebra var. macrostoma H. Beck 1837
Synonym according to Catalogue of Life 7 February 2023

Common Names

English

Giant African Snail preferred
Recognized by Conabio
Giant African Land Snail
prefer
Recognized by PlanetScott

French

Achatine preferred
Recognized by Conabio
escargot géant d'Afrique
prefer
Recognized by Conabio

German

Afrikanische Riesenschnecke preferred
Recognized by Conabio

Spanish; Castilian

Caracol gigante africano preferred
Recognized by Conabio
Coral cerebro de valles estrechos
prefer
Recognized by Conabio
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Curated hierarchies for Achatina fulica (Férussac 1821)

Catalogue of Life 7 February 2023

Biota
Animalia
Mollusca
Gastropoda Cuvier 1795
Heterobranchia Burmeister 1837
Euthyneura
Tectipleura
Eupulmonata Haszprunar & Huber 1990
Stylommatophora A. Schmidt 1855
Achatinina
Achatinoidea Swainson 1840
Achatinidae Swainson 1840
Achatininae Swainson 1840
Achatinini Swainson 1840
Lissachatina Bequaert 1950
Lissachatina fulica (Bowdich 1822) (this page)
Lissachatina fulica castanea (Lamarck 1822)
Lissachatina fulica coloba (Pilsbry 1904)
Lissachatina fulica hamillei (Petit de la Saussaye 1859)
Lissachatina fulica rodatzi (Dunker 1852)
Lissachatina albopicta (E. A. Smith 1878)
Lissachatina allisa (Reeve 1849)
Lissachatina bloyeti (Bourguignat 1890)
Lissachatina capelloi (Furtado 1886)
Lissachatina eleanorae (Mead 1995)
Lissachatina glaucina (E. A. Smith 1899)
Lissachatina glutinosa (L. Pfeiffer 1854)
Lissachatina immaculata (Lamarck 1822)
Lissachatina johnstoni (E. A. Smith 1899)
Lissachatina kilimae (Dautzenberg 1908)
Lissachatina lactea (Reeve 1842)
Lissachatina loveridgei (Clench & Archer 1930)
Lissachatina reticulata (L. Pfeiffer 1845)
Lissachatina zanzibarica (Bourguignat 1879)

EOL Dynamic Hierarchy 1.1

Life
Cellular Organisms
Eukaryota
Opisthokonta
Metazoa
Bilateria
Protostomia
Spiralia
Mollusca
Gastropoda
Stylommatophora
Achatinoidea
Achatinidae
Achatina
Achatina fulica (Férussac 1821) (this page)
Achatina (Tripachatina) vignoniana Morelet 1874
Achatina achatina (Linnaeus 1758)
Achatina allisa L. Reeve 1849
Achatina ampullacea Böttger 1910
Achatina balteata Reeve 1849
Achatina bandeirana Morelet 1866
Achatina bayaona Morelet 1866
Achatina bayoli Morelet 1888
Achatina bisculpta E. A. Smith 1878
Achatina capelloi Furtado 1886
Achatina connollyi Preston 1912
Achatina coroca Bruggen 1978
Achatina craveni E. A. Smith 1881
Achatina dammarensis L. Pfeiffer 1870
Achatina eleanorae Mead 1995
Achatina ellioti E. A. Smith 1895
Achatina glaucina E. A. Smith 1899
Achatina glutinosa L. Pfeiffer 1854
Achatina greyi Da Costa 1907
Achatina immaculata Lamarck 1822
Achatina iostoma L. Pfeiffer 1854
Achatina johnstoni E. A. Smith 1899
Achatina lechaptoisi Ancey 1894
Achatina obscura Da Costa 1907
Achatina osborni Pilsbry 1919
Achatina passargei E. von Martens 1900
Achatina pfeifferi Dunker 1845
Achatina randabeli Bourguignat 1889
Achatina reticulata L. Pfeiffer 1845
Achatina rugosa Putzeys 1898
Achatina schinziana Mousson 1888
Achatina schweinfurthi E. von Martens 1873
Achatina smithii Craven 1881
Achatina stuhlmanni E. von Martens 1892
Achatina sylvatica Putzeys 1898
Achatina tincta Reeve 1842
Achatina tracheia Connolly 1929
Achatina transparens Da Costa 1907
Achatina vassei Germain 1918
Achatina virgulata Da Costa 1907
Achatina welwitschi Morelet 1866
Achatina weynsi Dautzenberg 1899
Achatina wildemani Dautzenberg 1907

GBIF classification

Animalia
Mollusca
Gastropoda
Stylommatophora
Achatinidae
Achatina Lamarck 1799
Achatina fulica (Férussac 1821) (this page)
Achatina fulica fulica
Achatina fulica hamillei Petit 1859
Achatina fulica rodatzi Dunker
Achatina achatina (Linnaeus 1758)
Achatina aenigmatica van Bruggen
Achatina albicans
Achatina albopicta E. A. Smith 1878
Achatina allisa L. Reeve 1849
Achatina angiostoma C. B. Adams 1849
Achatina anomala Pfeiffer 1849
Achatina ariel Preston 1910
Achatina aurora L. Pfeiffer 1855
Achatina balteata Reeve 1849
Achatina bandeirana Morelet 1866
Achatina bayaona Morelet 1866
Achatina bayoli Morelet 1888
Achatina blanianus Poey
Achatina calabrica Pfeiffer 1865
Achatina camerunensis d'Ailly
Achatina cerea Pfeiffer 1854
Achatina chinensis L. Peiffer 1854
Achatina cochlea Reeve 1849
Achatina costulata Greeff 1882
Achatina dammarensis L. Pfeiffer 1870
Achatina darnaudi Pfeiffer 1855
Achatina dimidiata von Martens 1889
Achatina dohrniana L. Pfeiffer 1870
Achatina dunkeri L. Pfeiffer 1851
Achatina dysoni Pfeiffer 1846
Achatina eleanorae Mead 1995
Achatina erlangeri M. & K.
Achatina fatalis von Martens 1895
Achatina flammea
Achatina foxcrofti L. Pfeiffer 1861
Achatina frumentum Reeve
Achatina fulgens Pfeiffer
Achatina fulminatrix von Martens 1867
Achatina fusca Pfeiffer
Achatina glaucina E. A. Smith 1899
Achatina griffithsii C. B. Adams 1845
Achatina hortensiae Morelet 1866
Achatina immaculata Lamarck 1822
Achatina ingallsiana C. B. Adams 1849
Achatina involuta Gould
Achatina iostoma L. Pfeiffer 1854
Achatina iota C. B. Adams
Achatina ivensi Furtado 1886
Achatina johnstoni E. A. Smith 1899
Achatina laevigata Pfeiffer
Achatina lamellosa Reeve 1849
Achatina leaiana Grateloup
Achatina letourneuxi Bourguignat 1879
Achatina leucostyla Petit
Achatina lhotelleri Bourguignat 1879
Achatina ligata C. B. Adams 1849
Achatina lineata Valenciennes 1827
Achatina longispira C. B. Adams 1850
Achatina loveridgei (Clench & Archer 1930)
Achatina magnifica Pfeiffer 1848
Achatina mayumbensis Beq & Cl.
Achatina micans C. B. Adams 1849
Achatina milne-edwardsiana Revoil 1885
Achatina moreletiana Deshayes 1851
Achatina morrelli Prest.
Achatina murrea Reeve 1849
Achatina obscura Da Costa 1907
Achatina osborni Pilsbry 1919
Achatina pachycheila Benson 1853
Achatina paivana Morelet 1866
Achatina passargei E. von Martens 1900
Achatina paxillus Reeve
Achatina pellucens C. B. Adams 1845
Achatina perfecta Morelet 1867
Achatina pfeifferi Dunker 1845
Achatina polyaliroa Morlet
Achatina polychroa Morelet 1866
Achatina puylaerti Mead 1997
Achatina pyramidella von Martens 1892
Achatina raffrayi Jousseaume 1883
Achatina redivivia Mabille 1901
Achatina reticulata L. Pfeiffer 1845
Achatina rhodesiaca Melvill & Standen
Achatina rhodostoma Philippi 1849
Achatina roseolabiata Beq.
Achatina rugosa Putzeys 1898
Achatina schinziana Mousson 1888
Achatina schweinfurthi E. von Martens 1873
Achatina studleyi Melvill & Ponsonby
Achatina sylvatica Putzeys 1898
Achatina tavaresiana Morelet 1866
Achatina thermalis Beq
Achatina tincta Reeve 1842
Achatina torrida Gould
Achatina transparens Da Costa 1907
Achatina turbinata Lea
Achatina undata
Achatina veneta Strobel 1855
Achatina ventricosa Link.
Achatina veruina Benson 1853
Achatina vicina C. B. Adams 1845
Achatina vignoniana Morelet 1874
Achatina wallacei Pfeiffer 1855
Achatina zanzibarica Bourg.
75 additional siblings truncated for brevity.
See the resource file for a full list.

Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Hierarchy

Animalia
Bilateria
Protostomia
Spiralia
Mollusca
Gastropoda Cuvier 1797
Orthogastropoda
Heterobranchia
Stylommatophora
Helicida
Achatinina
Achatinoidea Swainson 1840
Achatinidae Swainson 1840
Achatina Lamarck 1799
Achatina fulica (Ferussac 1821) (this page)

NCBI

root
cellular organisms
Eukaryota
Opisthokonta
Metazoa
Eumetazoa
Bilateria
Protostomia
Spiralia
Lophotrochozoa
Mollusca
Gastropoda
Heterobranchia
Euthyneura
Panpulmonata
Eupulmonata
Stylommatophora
Sigmurethra
Achatinoidea
Achatinidae
Lissachatina
Lissachatina fulica (this page)

NCBI

root
cellular organisms
Eukaryota
Opisthokonta
Metazoa
Eumetazoa
Bilateria
Protostomia
Spiralia
Lophotrochozoa
Mollusca
Gastropoda
Heterobranchia
Euthyneura
Panpulmonata
Eupulmonata
Stylommatophora
Sigmurethra
Achatinoidea
Achatinidae
Achatina
Achatina fulica (this page)
Achatina achatina
Achatina immaculata
Achatina reticulata
Achatina stuhlmanni
Achatina zebra
unclassified Achatina

wikidata_hierarchy tar gz

Biota
Eukaryota
Unikonta
Opisthokonta
Holozoa
Filozoa
Apoikozoa
Animalia
Eumetazoa
Bilateria
Protostomia
Lophotrochozoa
Mollusca
Gastropoda
Heterobranchia
Euthyneura
Tectipleura
Eupulmonata
Stylommatophora
Achatinina
Achatinoidea
Achatinidae
Achatina
Lissachatina fulica (this page)
Achatina fulica hamillei
Achatina fulica rodatzi
Achatina fulica sinistrosa
Achatina fulica umbilicata
Lissachatina fulica castanea
Lissachatina fulica coloba
Lissachatina fulica hamillei
Lissachatina fulica rodatzi
Achatina adusta
Achatina antinorii
Achatina ariel
Achatina bandeirana
Achatina barbigera
Achatina bayaona
Achatina bayoli
Achatina blandiana
Achatina buchneri
Achatina carnea
Achatina cereola
Achatina chemnitziana
Achatina colubrina
Achatina cornea
Achatina coroca
Achatina crenatus
Achatina cylindracea
Achatina dactylus
Achatina deshayesi
Achatina dysoni
Achatina ellioti
Achatina erecta
Achatina fatalis
Achatina foxcrofti
Achatina fulminatrix
Achatina fuscidula
Achatina fuscolabris
Achatina gemmellariana
Achatina glutinosa
Achatina gracilenta
Achatina gracillima
Achatina greyi
Achatina gundlachi
Achatina hastula
Achatina hortensiae
Achatina kilimae
Achatina lamellata
Achatina layardi
Achatina leptospira
Achatina leucostyla
Achatina lirifera
Achatina lowei
Achatina maculata
Achatina magnifica
Achatina mandralisci
Achatina marginata
Achatina mauritiana
Achatina minima
Achatina mollicella
Achatina monetaria
Achatina monticola
Achatina moreletiana
Achatina musaecola
Achatina nigella
Achatina nitida
Achatina obscura
Achatina orobia
Achatina osborni
Achatina pachycheila
Achatina paivana
Achatina pallens
Achatina parabilis
Achatina perfecta
Achatina petrensis
Achatina picta
Achatina polychroa
Achatina praelustris
Achatina pusilla
Achatina pyramis
Achatina randabeli
Achatina rangiana
Achatina reticulata
Achatina rhodesiaca
Achatina rizzeana
Achatina rugosa
Achatina schoutedeni
Achatina schuttleworthi
Achatina schweinfurthi
Achatina scrutillus
Achatina semisculpta
Achatina simplex
Achatina simpularia
Achatina smithi
Achatina solida
Achatina stephaniana
Achatina striata
Achatina strigosa
Achatina stuhlmanni
Achatina sylvatica
Achatina texasiana
Achatina tincta
Achatina transparens
Achatina ustulata
Achatina vignoniana
Achatina virgulata
Achatina weynsi
Achatina wildemani
Achatina zebra
Achatina zebrula
Lissachatina
15 additional siblings truncated for brevity.
See the resource file for a full list.
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