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African land snail
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Order:	Stylommatophora
Suborder:	Achatinina
Superfamily:	Achatinoidea
Family:	Achatinidae
Genus:	Lissachatina
Species:	L. albopicta
Binomial name
Lissachatina albopicta (E. A. Smith, 1878)
Synonyms
Achatina albopicta E. A. Smith, 1878 (original combination) Achatina pilsbryi d'Ailly, 1910 (junior synonym)

Lissachatina albopicta, common name the African land snail, is a species of large air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Achatinidae.

This species is native to Kenya.

References

1. MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Lissachatina albopicta (E. A. Smith, 1878). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1375101 on 2021-06-15
2. Mollusca - Metafro Infosys

External links

• Bequaert, J. C. (1950). Studies in the Achatininae, a group of African land snails. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology. 105(1): 1-216, plates 1-81

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