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Species of the family Achatinidae

Species	Author of description	Synonyms	Distribution
Achatina afromontana	Bequaert & Clench, 1934	Achatina osborni afromontana	Democratic Republic of the Congo
Achatina achatina	Linnaeus,1758		Upper Guinea; Sierra Leone; Liberia; Ivory Coast; Togo; Dahomy; southern Nigeria; Ghana
Achatina achatina bayoli	Morelet, 1888		Ivory Coast
Achatina achatina depravata	Bequaert		Liberia
Achatina achatina elegans	Müller, 1774		Liberia; Ivory Coast
Achatina achatina monochromatica	Bruguiere, 1792		Angola
Achatina achatina roseolabiata	Shaw & Nodder, 1796		Liberia
Achatina achatina togënsis	Martens, 1893		Togo
Achatina balteata	Reeve,1849		Cameroon; Angola; Congo; Upper-Guinea; Sierra Leone; Gambia
Achatina bisculpta	E.A. Smith, 1878	Cochlitoma bisculpta	South Africa
Achatina capelloi	Furtado, 1886		South Africa; plain before Quintum
Achatina connollyi	Preston, 1912	Lissachatina connollyi	Zambia; Zimbabwe
Achatina craveni	Smith,1881		southern Africa
Achatina dammarensis	Pfeiffer		Botswana
Achatina eleanorae	Mead, 1994		Tanzania
Achatina fulgurata	Pfeiffer, 1853		Senegal
Achatina glutinosa	Pfeiffer, 1854		Mozambique
Achatina insularis	Crowley & Pain, 1961		Congo
Achatina iostoma	Pfeiffer,1852		Cameroon
Achatina mulanjensis	Crowley & Pain		Malawi
Achatina nyikaensis	Pilsbry, 1909		Malawi
Achatina osborni	Pilsbry, 1919		South Africa
Achatina passargei	von Martens		Botswana
Achatina scaevola	Melvill & Ponsonby, 1893	A. smithii	southern Africa
Achatina semisculpta	Pfeiffer, 1845		East Africa
Achatina schinziana	Bousson		Botswana
Achatina schweinfurthi	von Martens,1873		East-Africa; Congo
Achatina smithii	Craven, 1880		South Africa
Achatina stuhlmani	von Martens,1892		Uganda
Achatina sylvatica	Putzeys, 1898		Congo
Achatina tavaresiana	Morelet, 1866		Angola
Achatina tincta	Reeve, 1842		Congo; Angola
Achatina tincta oblitterata	Dautzenberg, 1891		Angola; Congo
Achatina tracheia	Connolly, 1929		Southeast Africa
Achatina variegata	Roissy		Liberia
Achatina vignoniana	Morelet, 1874		Gabon
Achatina weynsi	Dautzenberg, 1891		Congo
Archachatina aurora	Pfeiffer, 1854	Archachatina papyracea	South Africa
Archachatina bicarinata	Bruguiere,1789		São Tomé and Principe
Archachatina camerunensis	d'Ailly,1896		West Africa; Cameroon
Archachatina cinnamomea	Mellvil & Ponsonby, 1894		South Africa
Archachatina crawfordi	Morelet, 1889		South Africa
Archachatina degneri	Bequaert & Clench,1936		Ghana
Archachatina gaboonensis	Pilsbry,1933		Gabon
Archachatina marginata candefacta	Bequaert and Clench, 1936		Cameroon
Archachatina marginata clenchi	J. C. Bequaert, 1950		Cameroon
Archachatina marginata eduardi	Pilsbry, 1909		Ivory Coast; Cameroon; Fernando Po
Archachatina marginata egregia	Dautzenberg, 1921		Cameroon
Archachatina marginata egregiella	Bequaert and Clench, 1936		Cameroon
Archachatina marginata grevillei	Pfeiffer, 1879		Southern Nigeria
Archachatina marginata icterica	Bequaert and Clench, 1936		Gaboon
Archachatina marginata marginata	Swainson,1821		Congo; Cameroon; Dahomey;  Fernando Po; Gabon; Equatorial Guinea; Nigeria (North and South)
Archachatina marginata ovum	Pfeiffer,1858		Southern part of Nigeria
Archachatina marginata suturalis	Philippi,1849		West Africa; Dahomey; Southern Nigeria; Cameroon; French Congo; Equatorial Guinea; Fernando Po; São Tomé and Principe
Archachatina marinae	Sirgel		South Africa
Archachatina montistempli	van Bruggen		South Africa
Archachatina omissa	van Bruggen		South Africa
Archachatina papyracea	Pfeiffer,1845		Cameroun
Archachatina papyracea adelinae	Pilsbry,1905		West Africa
Archachatina parthenia	Melvill & Ponsonby,1903		South Africa
Archachatina purpurea	Gmelin, 1790		Ghana
Archachatina puylaerti	Mead, 1998		Togo; Benin
Archachatina semidecussata	Pfeiffer, 1846		South Africa
Archachatina ventricosa	Gould,1850		Liberia; Sierra-Leone
Archachatina ventricosa spectaculum	Pilsbry, 1933		Sierra-Leone
Atopocochlis exarata	Müller, 1774		Guinea
Bequaertina graueri	Thiele, 1911	Cochlitoma graueri	southern Africa
Brownisca neumanni	Thiele, 1933		Ethiopia
Brownisca obtusa	Connolly, 1931		Uganda
Brownisca stefaninii	Connolly, 1925		Somalia
Brownisca weberi	Bequaert, 1950		Sudan
Bruggenina altitudinaria	Crowley & Pain, 1961		Rwanda
Bruggenina bequaerti	Crowley & Pain, 1961		Malawi
Bruggenina gebhardti	Knipper, 1956		Tanzania
Bruggenina meadi	Bequaert, 1950		Tanzania
Bruggenina sandgroundi	Bequaert, 1950	Cochlitoma sandgroundi	Zimbabwe
Bruggenina saskai	Knipper, 1956	Cochlitoma saskai	Tanzania
Burtoa nilotica	Pfeiffer, 1861		Congo
Callistopepla graneri	Thiele, 1911		Congo
Cochlitoma aenigmatica	van Bruggen, 1977		southern Africa
Cochlitoma burnupi	E.A. Smith, 1890	Archachatina dimidiata	southern Africa
Cochlitoma cinnamomea	Melvill & Ponsonby		southern Africa
Cochlitoma crawfordi	Morelet, 1889	Tholachatina simplex crawfordi	southern Africa
Cochlitoma dacostana	Preston, 1909	Tholachatina dacostana	southern Africa
Cochlitoma dimidiata	E.A. Smith, 1878	C. burnupi, C. schencki	Eastern South-Africa; Dundee and Vryheid north to Mpumalanga and Limpopo Province
Cochlitoma drakensburgensis	Melvill & Ponsonby, 1897		Eastern South-Africa; around Dargle and Polela
Cochlitoma fulgurata	Pfeiffer, 1851	A. zebra fulgurata	southern Africa
Cochlitoma granulata	Krauss, 1848	Archachatina (Tholachatina) granulata	Eastern South-Africa; Eshowe and Melmoth(Zululand)along the KwaZulu Natal coast south to the Mtamvuna River into Pondoland; around the Bulwer and the Estcourt area
Cochlitoma churchilliana	Melvill & Ponsonby, 1895		Eastern South-Africa; Zululand coast; Mtunzini area north towards southern Mozambique
Cochlitoma indotata	Reeve, 1849	Achatina indotata	southern Africa
Cochlitoma kilburni	Mead, 2004		South Africa
Cochlitoma kraussi	Reeve, 1842	A. zebra kraussi	southern Africa
Cochlitoma limitanea	van Bruggen, 1984		southern Africa
Cochlitoma linterae	G.B. Sowerby, 1889	A. zebra	southern Africa
Cochlitoma livingstonei	Melvill & Ponsonby, 1897		southern Africa
Cochlitoma machachensis	E.A. Smith, 1902		southern Africa
Cochlitoma marinae	Sirgel, 1989		southern Africa
Cochlitoma montistempli	van Bruggen, 1965		Eastern South-Africa; the Cathedral Peak-Monk's Cowl area of the central KwaZulu-Natal Drakensberg(1400-2750 m)
Cochlitoma natalensis	Pfeiffer, 1854	A. occidentalis	southern Africa
Cochlitoma oedigyra	Melvill & Ponsonby, 1894	Tholachatina simplex	southern Africa
Cochlitoma omissa	van Bruggen, 1965		Eastern South-Africa; the Cathedral Peak area of the central KwaZulu-Natal Drakensberg(1400-2100 m)
Cochlitoma parthenia	Melvill & Ponsonby, 1903		Eastern South-Africa; along the Zululand coast
Cochlitoma penestes	Melvill & Ponsonby, 1893		southern Africa
Cochlitoma pentheri	Sturany, 1898		southern Africa
Cochlitoma rhabdota	Melvill & Ponsonby, 1898	Tholachatina ustulata (Lamarck, 1822)	southern Africa
Cochlitoma sanctaeluciae	van Bruggen, 1989		southern Africa
Cochlitoma semidecussata	Pfeiffer, 1846		Eastern South-Africa; KwaZulu-Natal coast
Cochlitoma semigranosa	Pfeiffer, 1861		Eastern South-Africa; KwaZulu-Natal; Pondoland; form the Mtamvuna River to Durban northwards; inland to Oribi Gorge
Cochlitoma schencki	von Martens, 1889	Archachatina dimidiata schencki E.A. Smith, 1878	southern Africa
Cochlitoma simplex	E.A. Smith, 1878		Eastern South-Africa; Thukela Basin,Kranskop and Mooi River north towards Ladysmith and the area of Nqutu
Cochlitoma subcylindrica	Preston, 1909	Tholachatina transvaalensis E.A. Smith, 1878	southern Africa
Cochlitoma transvaalensis	E.A. Smith, 1878		southern Africa
Cochlitoma ustulata	Lamarck, 1822		Eastern South-Africa; The Pondoland coast and Transkei
Cochlitoma varicosa	Pfeiffer, 1861	Achatina varicosa	Eastern South-Africa; The East-London area north along the coast of Transkei to Mbotyi; inland to Lusikisiki
Cochlitoma vestita	Pfeiffer, 1854		Eastern South-Africa; Cape Vidal north towards and into South-Mozambique
Cochlitoma wigleyi	Mead, 2004		South Africa
Cochlitoma zebra	Bruguière, 1789	Achatina zebra	Eastern South-Africa;Cape Agulhas east along the coast towards East-London; Transkei and the Kokstad area
Cochlitoma zebroides	E.A. Smith, 1878		southern Africa
Cochlitoma zebrula	von Martens, 1900	Tholachatina simplex, E.A. Smith, 1878	southern Africa
Cochlitoma zuluensis	Connolly, 1939		southern Africa
Columna columna	Müller,1774		São Tomé and Principe
Columna leai	Tryon, 1866		São Tomé and Principe
Lignus alabaster	Rang,1831		Guinea
Lignus auripigmentum	Reeve, 1848		East Africa
Lignus intertinctus	Gould, 1843		Liberia
Lignus leai	Pilsbry,1933		Liberia
Lignus solimanus	Morelet,1848		Cameroun
Limicolaria adansoni	Pfeiffer,1861		Senegal; São Tomé and Principe
Limicolaria aurora	Jay,1839		Cameroun; Senegal
Limicolaria cailliaudi	Pfeiffer		Ethiopia
Limicolaria dimidiata	Martens,1880		Sudan
Limicolaria distincta	Putzeys,1898		Congo
Limicolaria flammea	Müller,1774		Nigeria
Limicolaria flammea festiva	von Martens,1869		Sierra Leone
Limicolaria flammea spekiana	Grandidier, 1881		Sudan
Limicolaria flammulata	Pfeiffer,1847		Angola
Limicolaria charbonnieri	Bourguignat,1889		Congo
Limicolaria kambeul	Bruguiere,1792		Sudan; Senegal
Limicolaria kambeul turriformis	Bruguiere,1792		central Africa
Limicolaria lammea spekiana	Grandidier,1881		Sudan
Limicolaria martensi	Martens		Tanzania
Limicolaria martensi karagweensis	Kobelt,1913		Congo
Limicolaria martensi pallidistriga	Martens,1895		Congo
Limicolaria martensiana	E.A. Smith,1880		Uganda; Nigeria
Limicolaria martensiana laikipiaensis	E.A. Smith,1913		Kenya
Limicolaria numidica	Reeve		Cameroon
Limicolaria saturata	E.A. Smith,1895		Kenya; Tanzania
Limicolaria saturata chromatica	Pilsbry,1904		Congo
Limicolaria smithii	Preston,1906		Uganda
Limicolaria turriformis	von Martens		Kenya; Uganda
Limicolaria zebra	Pilsbry		Cameroun
Lissachatina albopicta	E.A. Smith, 1878	Cochlitoma albopicta	Kenya; Tanzania
Lissachatina allisa	Reeve, 1849		West Africa; Liberia
Lissachatina delorioli	Bonnet, 1864	Cochlitoma delorioli, Lissachatina allisa	South Africa
Lissachatina fulica	Bowdich,1822		East-Africa; Asia; America
Lissachatina fulica hamillei	Petit, 1859		East-Africa; Tanzania
Lissachatina fulica hamillei "rodatzi"	Dunker, 1852		East-Africa; Tanzania
Lissachatina fulica sinistrosa	Grateloup, 1840		East-Africa
Lissachatina fulica umbilicata	Nevill, 1879		East-Africa
Lissachatina immaculata antourtourensis	Lamarck, 1822		East-Africa
Lissachatina immaculata immaculata	Lamarck,1822		East-Africa
Lissachatina immaculata immaculata "two-tone"	Lamarck, 1822		East-Africa
Lissachatina immaculata lamarckiana	Lamarck, 1822		Malawi
Lissachatina immaculata panthera	Férussac, 1832		East-Africa
Lissachatina iredalei	Preston,1910		Tanzania
Lissachatina loverdgei	Clench & Archer, 1930		Tanzania
Lissachatina reticulata	Pfeiffer,1845		Tanzania
Lissachatina zanzibarica	Bourguignat		Tanzania
Metachatina kraussi	Pfeiffer,1846		Eastern South-Africa; KwaZulu Natal north to Mozambique; inland towards Ithala; the Lebombo Mountains; Kranskop; Glencoe; the Vryheid region; south to Ifafa
Perideriopis fallsensis	Dupuis & Putzeys,1900		Congo
Perideriopis fallsensis pronuba	Pilsbry,1919		Congo
Perideriopis umbilicata	Putzeys,1898		Congo
Pseudachatina dennisoni	Pfeiffer		Cameroun; Gabon
Pseudachatina downesii	Sowerby,1838		Cameroun
Pseudachatina sodeni	Kobelt,1893		Gabon
Pseudachatina wrighti	Sowerby,1853		Guinea

Literature:

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Bequaert C. Joseph. 1950. Studies in the Achatinidae, group of african land snails. in Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology. 105(1)Cambridge, Mass. 543 pp.

Dautzenberg, Germain L. 1914. Récoltes malacoloques du d´ J. Bequert. Dans le Congo Belge. Revue Zoologique Afracaine. 96 pp.

Mead AR. 1950. Comparative genital anatomy of some african Achatinidae (Pulmonata). in Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology. 105(2). Cambridge, Mass. 220-291.

Mead AR. 1995. Anatomical studies reveal new phylogenetic interpretations in Lissachatina (Pulmonata: Achatinidae). J. Moll. Stud. 61, 257-273.
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