Achatina achatina

TaxID: 1442373

Basic Information

Achatina achatina

Giant West African Snail, common African snail

Achatina achatina, commonly known as the giant African snail, also known as the giant tiger land snail is a species of large, air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Achatinidae. The name "Achatina" is from "achates", Greek for agate. It shares the common name "giant African snail" with other species of snails such as Lissachatina fulica and Archachatina marginata.

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Taxonomic Information

Eukaryota

Mollusca

Gastropoda

Stylommatophora

Achatinidae

Achatina

achatina

nan

Photos (5 photos)

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Morphological Features

No morphological description available.

Host Plants (0 host plants)

Data sources: EPPO Global Database and relevant literature.

No host plants available.

Quarantine Status (2 records)

Data sources: IPPC website and national quarantine websites; verified by human review.

Country Status Year Added
Canada Quarantine pests 2019
United States of America Quarantine pests —

Distribution (14 countries)

Data Sources: EPPO Global Database and GBIF.

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Present
0
Absent
0
Unknown/Other
Country Status State
Angola Present —
Benin Present —
Côte d'Ivoire Present —
Cameroon Present —
Democratic Republic of the Congo Present —
Ghana Present —
Guinea Present —
Jamaica Present —
Liberia Present —
Nigeria Present —
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Distribution Map (Latitude and longitude coordinates sourced from GBIF.)

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Genomes (0 records)

Data source: NCBI.

No genome records available.

Transcriptomes (0 records)

Data source: NCBI.

No transcriptome records available.

DNA Barcodes (7 records)

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Data source: BOLD.

Process ID BIN Marker Length Country Date Lat/Lon Sequence
GBML21223-19 BOLD:ADR2712 COI-5P 644 Nigeria 2008-01-01 7.47, 4.57
GBML21222-19 BOLD:ADR2713 COI-5P 644 Nigeria 2008-01-01 7.47, 4.57
GBML21221-19 BOLD:ADR2713 COI-5P 615 Nigeria 2008-01-01 7.47, 4.57
GBML21220-19 BOLD:ADR2712 COI-5P 615 Nigeria 2008-01-01 7.38, 3.9
GBML21219-19 BOLD:ADR2712 COI-5P 615 Nigeria 2008-01-01 7.38, 3.9
GBML21218-19 BOLD:ADR2712 COI-5P 615 Nigeria 2008-01-01 7.38, 3.9
GBMIN98726-17 BOLD:ADK6720 COI-5P 607 - - -

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