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Genus of land snails From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Lissachatina is a genus of air-breathing tropical land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the subfamily Achatininae of the family Achatinidae.[1]
Lissachatina | |
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A live individual of Lissachatina fulica from Thailand | |
A shell of Lissachatina fulica | |
Scientific 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] | |
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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]
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