Lissachatina

Lissachatina
A live individual of Lissachatina fulica from Thailand
A shell of Lissachatina fulica
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Order: Stylommatophora
Suborder: Achatinina
Superfamily: Achatinoidea
Family: Achatinidae
Genus: Lissachatina
Bequaert, 1950
Type species
Achatina fulica Bowdich, 1822
Species

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Synonyms[1]
  • Achatina (Euaethiopina) Bequaert, 1950 (junior synonym)
  • Achatina (Lissachatina) Bequaert, 1950 (original combination)
  • Euaethiops Clench & Archer, 1930 (Invalid: not Euaethiops Hampson, 1926; Euaethiopina is a replacement name)

Lissachatina is a genus of air-breathing tropical land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the subfamily Achatininae of the family Achatinidae.[1]

The molecular data clearly shows that Lissachatina consistently clusters as a monophyletic entity separate from Achatina and Fontanilla stated that there is no basis for continuing to employ Lissachatina as a subgenus of Achatina and that it should be regarded as a genus in its own right.[2]

  1. ^ a b MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Lissachatina Bequaert, 1950. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=881468 on 2021-06-15
  2. ^ 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.