Lissachatina immaculata
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Order: | Stylommatophora |
| Superfamily: | Achatinoidea |
| Family: | Achatinidae |
| Genus: | Lissachatina |
| Species: | L. immaculata |
| Binomial name | |
| Lissachatina immaculata (Lamarck, 1822) | |
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Lissachatina immaculata is a species of very large, air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Achatinidae.[1]
Usually grows to 12–15 cm.
Distribution
This species occurs in Southeastern Africa
As a invasive species:
References
- ↑ MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Lissachatina immaculata (Lamarck, 1822). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1375088 on 2021-06-15
- ↑ Zhang, Yongzhe; Wang, Xinfeng; Tang, Yuzhe; Wang, Linjing; Han, Rui; Qiao, Xi; Wan, Fanghao; Qian, Wanqiang; Liu, Conghui (2024-07-24). "An Investigation and Invasiveness Analysis of Two Species of Giant African Snail in a Coastal City of Southern China". Agriculture. 14 (8): 1217. Bibcode:2024Agric..14.1217Z. doi:10.3390/agriculture14081217. ISSN 2077-0472.
- 1 2 Hielkema, Auke (2025). "First records of the invasive snail Lissachatina immaculata (Lamarck, 1822) (Gastropoda: Stylommatophora: Achatinidae) in Suriname, with notes on its ecology and its potential as a pest species" (PDF). BioInvasions Records. 14 (2): 307–359. doi:10.3391/bir.2025.14.2.04.
- ↑ Lau, Wing Lup (30 January 2026). "Biodiversity Record: Pink-lipped agate snails, Lissachatina immaculata, at Toa Payoh". Nature in Singapore. 19. doi:10.26107/NIS-2026-0007 (inactive 19 April 2026).
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- Crosse, H. (1879). Description d'un espèce nouvelle d'Achatina de Nossi-Bé. Journal de Conchyliologie 27: 340.
- Crosse, H., 1881. - Contribution à la faune malacologique de Nossi-Bé et de Nossi-Comba. Journal de Conchyliologie 29: 189-212
- Fischer-Piette, E., 1950. - Liste des types décrits dans le Journal de Conchyliologie et conservés dans la collection de ce journal (avec planches)(suite). Journal de Conchyliologie 90: 149-180
External links
- Lamarck, [J.-B. M.] de. (1822). Histoire naturelle des animaux sans vertèbres. Tome sixième, 2me partie. Paris: published by the Author, 232 pp
- Férussac, A.E.J.P.F. d'Audebard de. (1819-1832). Histoire naturelle générale et particulière des mollusques terrestres et fluviatiles tant des espèces que l'on trouve aujourd'hui vivantes, que des dépouilles fossiles de celles qui n'existent plus; classés d'après les caractères essentiels que présentent ces animaux et leurs coquilles. J.-B. Bailliere, Paris.
- Pfeiffer, L. (1847). Descriptions of 38 new species of land-shells, in the collection of Hugh Cuming, Esq. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. 14 (166)
- 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.
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