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Basic information
Achatina achatina
Common African snail
KingdomAnimalia
PhylumMolluscs
ClassGastropods
FamilyGiant Land Snails
GenusAchatina
- Czech name
- Achatina velká
- English name
- Common African snail
- Alternative names
- Echte Achatschnecke, Giant Ghana African Snail, Giant Ghana Snail, Giant Tiger Land Snail, Tiger Snail
- Synonyms
- Achatina (Achatina) achatina, Achatina amphora, Achatina perdix, Achatina variegata, Ampulla bombarda, Ampulla flammea, Ampulla lacteae, Buccinum achatinum, Bulla achatina
Distribution and environment
- Biome
- Coastal
- Microhabitat
- Ground
Size and appearance
- Body mass
- ~124 g
Information sources
- Biological data sources
- Catalogue of Life, eol traitbank
- Original documentation
- Catalogue of Life · 9697 · COL26.10
- Original documentation
- eol traitbank · eol-2b1a6945e807cb8f26a5d28f00d1aab20ae38efbd77156a3c75f0e40e77d