Lissachatina glutinosa, common name the African land snail, is a species of air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Achatinidae, the giant African snails.[1]
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| Shell of Lissachatina glutinosa from Ethiopia on display at the Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Milano | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Heterobranchia |
| Order: | Stylommatophora |
| Suborder: | Achatinina |
| Superfamily: | Achatinoidea |
| Family: | Achatinidae |
| Genus: | Lissachatina |
| Species: | L. glutinosa
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| Binomial name | |
| Lissachatina glutinosa Pfeiffer, 1853
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Description edit
Shells of this species can reach a length of about 10–15 centimetres (3.9–5.9 in).[2]
Distribution edit
This species is found in Tanzania, Malawi, Mozambique, Ethiopia and Zimbabwe.[2][3]
References edit
- ^ MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Lissachatina glutinosa (L. Pfeiffer, 1854). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1375095 on 2021-06-15
- ^ a b Anfri.livejournal
- ^ WMSDB
- Martens, E. von. (1860). Verzeichniss der von Prof. Peters in Mossambique gesammelten Land- und Süsswasser-Mollusken. Malakozoologische Blätter, 6[1859]: 211–221.
External links edit
- Pfeiffer, L. (1854). Description of eighteen new species of land shells, from the collection of H. Cuming, Esq. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. 20(243) [“1852”]: 83–87. London
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