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    Species Accepted

    Lissachatina fulica (Bowdich, 1822)

    African Giant Snail
    EukaryotaAnimalia...Lissachatina

    Classification and descendants

    Source: Catalogue of Life

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      Synonyms and combinations

      Source: Catalogue of Life

      Recorded as introduced in 5 countries or islands

      5 results
      Introduced inAccording toInvasiveOccurrences in GBIF
      nullNoUnknown
      nullNoUnknown
      BelgiumNo
      BelgiumNoUnknown
      United States of AmericaNo
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      Vernacular names

      Source: Catalogue of Life

      31 results
      Achatine French
      African Giant Snail English
      Afrikaanse reuzenslak Dutch
      Afrikansk kæmpesnegl Danish
      Akaattikotilo Finnish
      Bekicot Indonesian
      Caracol Gigante Africano Spanish
      Caracol-africano Portuguese
      Caragol Gegant Africà Catalan–Valencian
      Caramujo Gigante Africano Portuguese

      Treatments

      Source: Catalogue of Life
      5 results
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      Bibliography

      Source: Catalogue of Life

      14 results
      Mabille, J. (1901). Testarum novarum diagnoses. Bulletin de La Société Philomatique de Paris, ser. 9, 3: 56–58. https://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=sourcedetails&id=295643
      Lesson, R. P. (1830). Chapitre XI. Mollusques, Annélides et Vers; par R.-P. Lesson. pp. 239-456 [15 Nov 1831], plates 1-16 [Mollusques 1-3, 09 Jan 1830; Mollusques 4-6, 01 May 1830; Mollusques 7, 26 May 1830; Mollusques 8-9, 25 Nov 1830; Mollusques 12, 07 Mar 1831; Mollusques 10, 25 Jul 1831; Mollusques 11, 13 Oct 1831; Mollusques 14, 16, 15 Nov 1831; Mollusques 13, 15, 22 Dec 1831]. In: Lesson R.P. 1830-1831. Voyage autour du monde, exécuté par ordre du Roi, sur la corvette de Sa Majesté, La Coquille, pendant les années 1822, 1823, 1824 et 1825. Zoologie, par M. Lesson. Tome Second. 1re Partie. Paris, Arthus Bertrand, Libraire-Editeur, Imprimerie de Firmin Didot.link to <a href=“https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/38663729” target=“_blank”>Text, link to <a href=“https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/38768370” target=“_blank”>Plates. https://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=sourcedetails&id=37803
      Bowdich, T. E. (1822). Elements of conchology, including the fossil genera and the animals. Part I. Univalves. 79 pp., 19 pls. Paris. https://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=sourcedetails&id=39315
      Grateloup [J.P.S. de]. (1840). Note sur un Mémoire relatif à des mollusques exotiques nouveaux ou peu connus. Actes de La Société Linnéenne de Bordeaux, 11 (55): 161–170. [dated 30 March 1840]. https://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=sourcedetails&id=289156
      Inkhavilay, K., Sutcharit, C., Bantaowong, U., Chanabun, R., Siriwut, W., Srisonchai, R., Pholyotha, A., Jirapatrasilp, P., & Panha, S. (2019). Annotated checklist of the terrestrial molluscs from Laos (Mollusca, Gastropoda). ZooKeys, 834: 1–166. https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.834.28800 10.3897/zookeys.834.28800
      Fontanilla, I. K. C. (2010). Achatina (Lissachatina) fulica Bowdich: its molecular phylogeny, genetic variation in global populations, and its possible role in the spread of the rat lungworm Angiostrongylus cantonensis (Chen). PhD thesis, University of Nottingham. 634 pp. https://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=sourcedetails&id=237986
      Röding, P. F. (1798). Museum Boltenianum sive Catalogus cimeliorum e tribus regnis naturæ quæ olim collegerat Joa. Fried Bolten, M. D. p. d. per XL. annos proto physicus Hamburgensis. Pars secunda continens Conchylia sive Testacea univalvia, bivalvia & multivalvia. Trapp, Hamburg, viii + 199 pp. https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.16250 10.5962/bhl.title.16250
      Bequaert, J. C. (1950). Studies in the Achatininae, a group of African land snails. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology, 105. https://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=sourcedetails&id=350295
      Gerlach, J. (2006). Terrestrial and freshwater Mollusca of the Seychelles islands. 1–141. https://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=sourcedetails&id=293785
      Brown, K., & Evans, M. (2021). The achatinid landshells of southern Africa. ConchBooks, Germany. 138 pp. https://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=sourcedetails&id=435166

      Citation

      Lissachatina fulica (Bowdich, 1822) in undefined