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Achatina

Gastropoda - Heterostropha - Achatinidae

Taxonomy
Achatina was named by Lamarck (1799). It is extant.

It was reranked as Glandina (Achatina) by Klein (1853).

It was assigned to Gastropoda by Deshayes (1824); to Glandina by Klein (1853); and to Achatinidae by Neubert and van Damme (2012).

Species
A. sculpturata, A. stuhlmanni, Agathina pellucida
Species lacking formal opinion data
A. zanzibaria

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1799Achatina Lamarck
1824Agathina Deshayes p. 64
1853Glandina (Achatina) Klein
2012Achatina Neubert and van Damme

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classGastropoda
orderHeterostropha()
infraclassEuthyneura(Spengel 1881)
RankNameAuthor
—TectipleuraSchrödl et al. 2011
—PanpulmonataJörger et al. 2010
superorderEupulmonata(Haszprunar and Huber 1990)
suborderGeophila(Férussac 1819)
orderStylommatophora(Schmidt 1856)
suborderAchatininaSchileyko 1979
superfamilyAchatinoideaSwainson 1840
familyAchatinidaeSwainson 1840
genusAchatinaLamarck 1799

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

G. Achatina Lamarck 1799
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Achatina sculpturata Neubert and van Damme 2012
Achatina stuhlmanni von Martens 1892
†Agathina pellucida Deshayes 1824
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitec
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: epifaunalc
Vision: limitedc
Created: 2004-02-29 11:40:59
Modified: 2010-02-11 01:35:02
Source: c = class
Reference: Kiessling 2004

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Lutetian to the top of the Holocene or 47.80000 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 41.3 Ma

Collections (18 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Lutetian47.8 - 41.3France Agathina pellucida (171525)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0United Kingdom (England) A. costellata (39014)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9Oman A. sculpturata (171343)
Late/Upper Eocene37.2 - 33.9United Kingdom (England) A. costellata (40300)
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97Uganda A. leakeyi (21723)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97Uganda A. leakeyi (28441)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588Tanzania (Eastern Drift Valley) A. zanzibaria (32050)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588Malawi (Northern) A. sp. (226065)
Late/Upper Pliocene - Pleistocene3.6 - 0.0117South Africa Achatina indet. (22334)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781South Africa A. sp. (21824)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117South Africa Achatina indet. (21825)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Congo-Kinshasa A. stuhlmanni (22066)
Late/Upper Pleistocene - Holocene0.129 - 0.0Brazil (Bahia) A. fulica (212472)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0South Africa Achatina indet. (21896)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Zambia Achatina indet. (21894)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Congo-Kinshasa A. stuhlmanni (22073)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0South Africa (Orange Free) Achatina indet. (21897)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Kenya Achatina indet. (21939)