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Archachatina
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Archachatina

Archachatina is a genus of large tropical air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Achatinidae.

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7 branches of this genus, most-observed first

Giant West African Snail

speciesArchachatina marginata

Obô Giant Snail

speciesArchachatina bicarinata

Archachatina puylaerti

speciesArchachatina puylaerti

Archachatina ventricosa

speciesArchachatina ventricosa

Giant Gold Coast Snail

speciesArchachatina degneri

Archachatina papyracea

speciesArchachatina papyracea

Archachatina rhodostoma

speciesArchachatina rhodostoma

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Recorded sightings

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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 86592.