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Definition of Achatina

Achatina
Achatina Ach`a*ti"na, n. [NL., from Gr. ? agate.] (Zo["o]l.) A genus of land snails, often large, common in the warm parts of America and Africa.

Meaning of Achatina from wikipedia

- 1866 Achatina bayoli Morelet, 1888 Achatina bisculpta E. A. Smith, 1878 Achatina connollyi Preston, 1912 Achatina coroca Bruggen, 1978 Achatina craveni...
- marginata. Achatina achatina achatina (Linnaeus, 1758) Achatina achatina bayoli Morelet, 1888 Achatina achatina depravata Bequaert, 1950 Achatina achatina elegans...
- common name "giant African snail" with other species of snails such as Achatina achatina and Archachatina marginata. This snail species has been considered...
- long. The largest known land gastropod is the African giant snail Achatina achatina, the largest recorded specimen of which measured 39.3 centimetres...
- Orthaga achatina is a species of snout moth in the genus Orthaga. It was described by Arthur Gardiner Butler in 1878 and is known from ****an and Russia...
- Achatina craveni is a species of air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Achatinidae, the giant African snails...
- Lissachatina albopicta (E. A. Smith, 1878) Synonyms Achatina albopicta E. A. Smith, 1878 (original combination) Achatina pilsbryi d'Ailly, 1910 (junior synonym)...
- Giant African Land Snail Species, Achatina fulica Bowdich, 1822, Achatina albopicta E.A. Smith (1878) and Achatina reticulata Pfeiffer, 1845 (Gastropoda:Achatinidae)...
- of the Zoological Society of London. 14 (166) Fontanilla I.K.C. (2010). Achatina (Lissachatina) fulica Bowdich: its molecular phylogeny, genetic variation...
- Achatinidae, a family of unusually large African terrestrial snails: Achatina achatina, also known as the agate snail or Ghana tiger snail Lissachatina fulica...