Achatina reticulata

Achatina reticulata
Dorsal view of a live Achatina reticulata
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Heterobranchia

clade Euthyneura
clade Panpulmonata
clade Eupulmonata
clade Stylommatophora
informal group Sigmurethra

Superfamily: Achatinoidea
Family: Achatinidae
Subfamily: Achatininae
Genus: Achatina
Species: A. reticulata
Binomial name
Achatina reticulata
Pfeiffer, 1845

Achatina reticulata is a species of air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Achatinidae, the giant African snails.

The distribution of Achatina reticulata includes Zanzibar.

References

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