Family Achatinidae Swainson 1840 (slug)
Gastropoda - Stylommatophora - Achatinidae
Parent taxon: Achatinoidea according to P. Bouchet et al. 2017
See also Neubert and van Damme 2012
Sister taxa: Ferussaciidae, Subulinidae
Subtaxa: Achatina Limicolaria Rumina Tortaxis
Ecology: epifaunal
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Algeria (2 collections), Brazil (1), the Congo-Kinshasa (3), Italy (1), Kenya (1), South Africa (4), Spain (1), Sudan (2), Tanzania (2), Tunisia (1), Zambia (1)
• Pliocene to Pleistocene of South Africa (1)
• Pliocene of Malawi (1), Tanzania (1)
• Miocene of China (1), Greece (1), Kenya (7), Uganda (3)
• Eocene of France (1), Oman (1), the United Kingdom (2)
Total: 38 collections including 45 occurrences