Achatina albopicta
| African land snail | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| (unranked): | clade Heterobranchia
clade Euthyneura |
| Superfamily: | Achatinoidea |
| Family: | Achatinidae |
| Subfamily: | Achatininae |
| Genus: | Achatina |
| Subgenus: | Lissachatina |
| Species: | A. albopicta |
| Binomial name | |
| Achatina albopicta E. A. Smith, 1878 | |
Achatina albopicta, common name the African land snail, is a species of large air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Achatinidae.
This species is native to Kenya.[1]
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