Archachatina

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

Species
Species in the genus Archachatina include:


 * Archachatina bicarinata (Bruguière, 1789) - São Tomé and Principe
 * Archachatina burnupi (E.A. Smith, 1890)
 * Archachatina buylaerti
 * Archachatina camerunensis d'Ailly, 1896
 * Archachatina cinnamomea Mellvil & Ponsonby, 1894
 * Archachatina cinnamomea J.C. Melvill & J.H. Ponsonby, 1894
 * Archachatina crawfordi Morelet, 1889
 * Archachatina degneri Bequaert & Clench, 1936- Ghana
 * Archachatina gaboonensis Pilsbry, 1933 - Gabon
 * Archachatina insularis T.E. Crowley & T. Pain, 1961
 * Archachatina knorri (Jonas, 1839)
 * Archachatina marginata (Swainson, 1821) - giant West African snail, Cameroon through Zaire
 * Archachatina m. var. suturalis (Philippi, 1849) - São Tomé and Príncipe
 * Archachatina marinae Sirgel- South Africa
 * Archachatina papyracea (Pfeiffer, 1845) - Cameroon
 * Archachatina p. adelinae Pilsbry, 1905
 * Archachatina pentheri (R. Sturany, 1898)
 * Archachatina porphyrostoma H.A. Pilsbry, 1905
 * Archachatina purpurea (Gmelin, 1790) - Ghana
 * Archachatina puylaerti A.R. Mead, 1998
 * Archachatina rhodostoma (R.A. Philippi, 1849)
 * Archachatina siderata (L.A. Reeve, 1849)
 * Archachatina subcylindrica H.B. Preston, 1909
 * Archachatina transvaalensis (E.A. Smith, 1878)
 * Archachatina ventricosa Gould, 1850 - Liberia, Sierra Leone, Côte d'Ivoire
 * Archachatina v. spectaculum Pilsbry, 1933 - Sierra Leone
 * Archachatina viridescens C.M.F. Ancey


 * Species brought into synonymy:
 * Archachatina bequaerti Crowley & Pain, 1961 Malawi: synonym of Bruggenina bequaerti (Crowley & Pain, 1961) (original combination)
 * Archachatina churchilliana (J.C. Melvill & J.H. Ponsonby, 1895): synonym of Cochlitoma churchilliana (Melvill & Ponsonby, 1895) (superseded combination)
 * Archachatina dimidiata (E.A. Smith, 1878)- southeastern Africa: synonym of Cochlitoma dimidiata (E. A. Smith, 1878) (superseded combination)
 * Archachatina drakensbergensis (J.C. Melvill & J.H. Ponsonby, 1895): synonym of Cochlitoma drakensbergensis (Melvill & Ponsonby, 1897) (superseded combination)
 * Archachatina granulata (Krauss, 1848) - South Africa: synonym of Cochlitoma granulata (F. Krauss, 1848) (superseded combination)
 * Archachatina limitanea A.C. van Bruggen, 1984: synonym of Cochlitoma limitanea (van Bruggen, 1984) (superseded combination)
 * Archachatina montistempli van Bruggen, 1965 - South Africa: synonym of Cochlitoma montistempli (van Bruggen, 1965) (superseded combination)
 * Archachatina omissa van Bruggen, 1965 - South Africa: synonym of Cochlitoma omissa (van Bruggen, 1965) (superseded combination)
 * Archachatina parthenia (J.C. Melvill & J.H. Ponsonby, 1895): synonym of Cochlitoma parthenia (Melvill & Ponsonby, 1903) (superseded combination)
 * Archachatina sanctaeluciae A.C. van Bruggen, 1989: synonym of Cochlitoma churchilliana (Melvill & Ponsonby, 1895) (junior synonym)
 * Archachatina semidecussata (Pfeiffer, 1846): synonym of Cochlitoma semidecussata (L. Pfeiffer, 1846) (superseded combination)
 * Archachatina semigranosa L. Pfeiffer, 1861: synonym of Cochlitoma semigranosa (Pfeiffer, 1861) (superseded combination)
 * Archachatina simplex E.A. Smith, 1878: synonym of Cochlitoma simplex (E. A. Smith, 1878) (superseded combination)
 * Archachatina ustulata (Lamarck, 1822) - South Africa: synonym of Cochlitoma ustulata (Lamarck, 1822) (superseded combination)
 * Archachatina vestita Pfeiffer, 1855: synonym of Cochlitoma vestita (L. Pfeiffer, 1855) (superseded combination)
 * Archachatina zuluensis Connolly - South Africa: synonym of Cochlitoma churchilliana (Melvill & Ponsonby, 1895)