Lissachatina fulica (Bowdich, 1822)
- Dataset
- GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
- Rank
- SPECIES
- Published in
- Fontanilla, I. K. C. (2010). Achatina (Lissachatina) fulica Bowdich: its molecular phylogeny, genetic variation in global populations, and its possible role in the spread of the rat lungworm Angiostrongylus cantonensis (Chen). PhD thesis, University of Nottingham. 634 pp. https://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=sourcedetails&id=237986
Classification
- kingdom
- Animalia
- phylum
- Mollusca
- class
- Gastropoda
- order
- Stylommatophora
- family
- Achatinidae
- genus
- Lissachatina
- species
- Lissachatina fulica
Name
- Synonyms
- Achatina acuta Lamarck, 1822
- Achatina couroupa Lesson, 1830
- Achatina fasciata Deshayes, 1831
- Achatina fulica Bowdich, 1822
- Achatina fulica fulica
- Achatina mauritiana Lamarck, 1822
- Achatina mauritiana var. sinistrorsa Grateloup, 1840
- Achatina rediviva Mabille, 1901
- Achatina zebra var. macrostoma H.Beck, 1837
- Helix fulica Férussac, 1821
- Helix fulica Röding, 1798
- Lissachatina fulica (Férussac, 1821)
- Homonyms
- Lissachatina fulica (Bowdich, 1822)
- Lissachatina fulica (Férussac, 1821)
- Common names
- Achatine, Escargot géant africain in French
- Afrikanische Riesenschnecke in German
- Gemeine Riesenschnecke in German
- Giant African snail in English
- Giant African snail, East African Land Snail in English
- Große Achatschnecke in German
- giant African land snail in English
- giant African snail in English
- giant East African land snail in English
- Giant African Snail in English
- Grote agaatslak in Dutch
Bibliographic References
- Bequaert, J. C. (1950). Studies in the Achatininae, a group of African land snails. <em>Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology.</em> 105(1): 1-216, plates 1-81.
- Brown, K. & Evans, M. (2021). The achatinid landshells of southern Africa. ConchBooks, Germany. 138 pp.
- Espinosa, J. A. & Robinson, D. G. (2021). Annotated checklist of the terrestrial mollusks (Mollusca: Gastropoda) from Hispaniola Island. <em>Novitates Caribaea.</em> 17: 71–146. 10.33800/nc.vi17.250
- Fontanilla I.K.C. (2010). </i>Achatina (Lissachatina) fulica</i> Bowdich: its molecular phylogeny, genetic variation in global populations, and its possible role in the spread of the rat lungworm <i>Angiostrongylus cantonensis</i> (Chen). PhD thesis, University of Nottingham. 634 pp.
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- Inkhavilay, K., Sutcharit, C., Bantaowong, U., Chanabun, R., Siriwut, W., Srisonchai, R., Pholyotha, A., Jirapatrasilp, P. & Panha, S. (2019). Annotated checklist of the terrestrial molluscs from Laos (Mollusca, Gastropoda). <em>ZooKeys.</em> 834: 1–166.
- Lee, H. G. & Diekmann, B. (2021). Does the giant African snail need protection? - Nomenclatorially, that is . <em>Shell-O-Gram.</em> 62(3):3-8, Jacksonville Shell Club, Inc., Jacksonville, Florida.
- Linares, É. L., & Vera, M. L. (2012). Catálogo de los moluscos continentales de Colombia. Aguirre Ceballos, J. Uribe, J., & Fernández F. (Eds.). Bogotá,D.C., Colombia: Universidad Nacional de Colombia. Facultad de Ciencias. Instituto de Ciencias Naturales
- Marzuki, M. E. bin, Liew, T. S. [Thor-Seng] & Mohd-Azlan, J. (2021). Land snails and slugs of Bau limestone hills, Sarawak (Malaysia, Borneo), with the descriptions of 13 new species. <em>ZooKeys.</em> 1035: 1–113 [27 April 2021].
- Sutcharit, C., Thach, P., Chhuoy, S., Ngor, P. B., Jeratthitikul, E., Siriwut, W., Srisonchai, R., Ng, T. H., Pholyotha, A., Jirapatrasilp, P. & Panha, S. (2020). Annotated checklist of the land snail fauna from southern Cambodia (Mollusca, Gastropoda). <em>ZooKeys.</em> 948: 1–46. 10.3897/zookeys.948.51671
- White-McLean (2011e), https://idtools.org/id/mollusc/factsheet.php?name=Lissachatina%20fulica