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 - São Tomé and PrincipeArchachatina burnupi Archachatina buylaertiArchachatina camerunensis d'Ailly, 1896Archachatina cinnamomea Mellvil & Ponsonby, 1894Archachatina cinnamomea J.C. Melvill & J.H. Ponsonby, 1894Archachatina crawfordi Morelet, 1889Archachatina degneri Bequaert & Clench, 1936 - GhanaArchachatina gaboonensis Pilsbry, 1933 - GabonArchachatina insularis T.E. Crowley & T. Pain, 1961Archachatina knorri Archachatina marginata - giant West African snail, Cameroon through Zaire

* Archachatina m. var. suturalis - São Tomé and PríncipeArchachatina marinae Sirgel - South AfricaArchachatina papyracea - Cameroon
* Archachatina p. adelinae Pilsbry, 1905Archachatina pentheri Archachatina porphyrostoma H.A. Pilsbry, 1905Archachatina purpurea - GhanaArchachatina puylaerti A.R. Mead, 1998Archachatina rhodostoma Archachatina siderata Archachatina subcylindrica H.B. Preston, 1909Archachatina transvaalensis Archachatina ventricosa Gould, 1850 - Liberia, Sierra Leone, Côte d'Ivoire
* Archachatina v. spectaculum Pilsbry, 1933 - Sierra LeoneArchachatina viridescens C.M.F. Ancey

;Species brought into synonymy:Archachatina bequaerti Crowley & Pain, 1961 - Malawi: synonym of Bruggenina bequaerti Archachatina churchilliana : synonym of Cochlitoma churchilliana Archachatina dimidiata - southeastern Africa: synonym of Cochlitoma dimidiata Archachatina drakensbergensis : synonym of Cochlitoma drakensbergensis Archachatina granulata - South Africa: synonym of Cochlitoma granulata Archachatina limitanea A.C. van Bruggen, 1984: synonym of Cochlitoma limitanea Archachatina montistempli van Bruggen, 1965 - South Africa: synonym of Cochlitoma montistempli Archachatina omissa van Bruggen, 1965 - South Africa: synonym of Cochlitoma omissa Archachatina parthenia : synonym of Cochlitoma parthenia Archachatina sanctaeluciae A.C. van Bruggen, 1989: synonym of Cochlitoma churchilliana Archachatina semidecussata : synonym of Cochlitoma semidecussata Archachatina semigranosa L. Pfeiffer, 1861: synonym of Cochlitoma semigranosa Archachatina simplex E.A. Smith, 1878: synonym of Cochlitoma simplex Archachatina ustulata - South Africa: synonym of Cochlitoma ustulata Archachatina vestita Pfeiffer, 1855: synonym of Cochlitoma vestita Archachatina zuluensis Connolly - South Africa: synonym of ''Cochlitoma churchilliana''