Archachatina camerunensis

Archachatina camerunensis
Museum specimen of Archachatina camerunensis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Heterobranchia
clade Euthyneura
clade Panpulmonata
clade Stylommatophora
informal group Sigmurethra
Superfamily: Achatinoidea
Family: Achatinidae
Genus: Archachatina
Species: A. camerunensis
Binomial name
Archachatina camerunensis
A. d'Ailly, 1896

Archachatina camerunensis is a species of air-breathing tropical land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Achatinidae.

Distribution

This species is endemic to Cameroon, West Africa. It is found in the Centre Province, Yaounde.

Description

The oblong and narrow shell measures 10 cm. Its apex is pale olive green or yellow. The columella is white, or gray and white. The ground color of the shell is a pale greenish-yellow hue, in other words, pale olive. There is a characteristic pattern of banding which parallels the growth lines.

Pattern and structure of the shell of A.camerunensis

The shell of Archachatina camerunensis has a distinctive surface structure, unlike all other species of Archachatina: the upper half of each whorl has a prominent spiral mesh (a lattice structure), while the bottom half is smooth.

The color of the foot is dark gray or black.

The size of the eggs is 12–16 mm. There is no information about how long it takes for the eggs to hatch. The average life expectancy is 5–7 years.

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