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Welcome to Family Achatinidae!

Achatinidae - Liber Deserti

Your current chain: State of matter Life > Kingdom Animalia > Phylum Mollusca > Class Gastropoda > Subclass Heterobranchia > Infraclass Euthyneura > Subterclass Tectipleura > Superorder Eupulmonata > Order Stylommatophora > Suborder Achatinina > Superfamily Achatinoidea > Family Achatinidae

(From Wikipedia) Achatinidae (New Latin, from Greek "agate") is a family of medium to large sized tropical land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks from Africa.

FACT: The average achatinid snail has 30 chromosomes, which is almost as many as you!

Currently discovered: 1/12 Subfamilies

Subfamily

  1. Subulininae - Awl Snails and Allies