Achatina Lamarck 1799
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Gastropoda - Stylommatophora - Achatinidae
Alternative spellings: Agathina, Glandina (Achatina)
Parent taxon: Achatinidae according to E. Neubert and D. van Damme 2012
See also Deshayes 1824 and Harzhauser and Binder 2004
Sister taxa: Limicolaria, Rumina, Tortaxis
Subtaxa: Achatina sculpturata Achatina stuhlmanni Agathina pellucida
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Brazil (1 collection), the Congo-Kinshasa (2), Kenya (1), South Africa (4), Zambia (1)
• Pliocene to Pleistocene of South Africa (1)
• Pliocene of Malawi (1), Tanzania (1)
• Miocene of Uganda (2)
• Eocene of France (1), Oman (1), the United Kingdom (2)
Total: 18 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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