Achatina Lamarck 1799

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

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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

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