# 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 (Bruguière, 1789) - São Tomé and Principe
* Archachatina burnupi (E.A. Smith, 1890)
* Archachatina buylaerti
* Archachatina camerunensis d'Ailly, 1896
* Archachatina cinnamomea Mellvil & Ponsonby, 1894
* Archachatina cinnamomea J.C. Melvill & J.H. Ponsonby, 1894
* Archachatina crawfordi Morelet, 1889
* Archachatina degneri Bequaert & Clench, 1936- Ghana
* Archachatina gaboonensis Pilsbry, 1933 - Gabon
* Archachatina insularis T.E. Crowley & T. Pain, 1961
* Archachatina knorri (Jonas, 1839)
* Archachatina marginata (Swainson, 1821) - giant West African snail, Cameroon through Zaire
** Archachatina m. var. suturalis (Philippi, 1849) - São Tomé and Príncipe
* Archachatina marinae Sirgel- South Africa
* Archachatina papyracea (Pfeiffer, 1845) - Cameroon
** Archachatina p. adelinae Pilsbry, 1905
* Archachatina pentheri (R. Sturany, 1898)
* Archachatina porphyrostoma H.A. Pilsbry, 1905
* Archachatina purpurea (Gmelin, 1790) - Ghana
* Archachatina puylaerti A.R. Mead, 1998
* Archachatina rhodostoma (R.A. Philippi, 1849)
* Archachatina siderata (L.A. Reeve, 1849)
* Archachatina subcylindrica H.B. Preston, 1909
* Archachatina transvaalensis (E.A. Smith, 1878)
* Archachatina ventricosa Gould, 1850 - Liberia, Sierra Leone, Côte d'Ivoire
** Archachatina v. spectaculum Pilsbry, 1933 - Sierra Leone
* Archachatina viridescens C.M.F. Ancey

### Species brought into synonymy

* Archachatina bequaerti Crowley & Pain, 1961 Malawi: synonym of Bruggenina bequaerti (Crowley & Pain, 1961) (original combination)
* Archachatina churchilliana (J.C. Melvill & J.H. Ponsonby, 1895): synonym of Cochlitoma churchilliana (Melvill & Ponsonby, 1895) (superseded combination)
* Archachatina dimidiata (E.A. Smith, 1878)- southeastern Africa: synonym of Cochlitoma dimidiata (E. A. Smith, 1878) (superseded combination)
* Archachatina drakensbergensis (J.C. Melvill & J.H. Ponsonby, 1895): synonym of Cochlitoma drakensbergensis (Melvill & Ponsonby, 1897) (superseded combination)
* Archachatina granulata (Krauss, 1848) - South Africa: synonym of Cochlitoma granulata (F. Krauss, 1848) (superseded combination)
* Archachatina limitanea A.C. van Bruggen, 1984: synonym of Cochlitoma limitanea (van Bruggen, 1984) (superseded combination)
* Archachatina montistempli van Bruggen, 1965 - South Africa: synonym of Cochlitoma montistempli (van Bruggen, 1965) (superseded combination)
* Archachatina omissa van Bruggen, 1965 - South Africa: synonym of Cochlitoma omissa (van Bruggen, 1965) (superseded combination)
* Archachatina parthenia (J.C. Melvill & J.H. Ponsonby, 1895): synonym of Cochlitoma parthenia (Melvill & Ponsonby, 1903) (superseded combination)
* Archachatina sanctaeluciae A.C. van Bruggen, 1989: synonym of Cochlitoma churchilliana (Melvill & Ponsonby, 1895) (junior synonym)
* Archachatina semidecussata (Pfeiffer, 1846): synonym of Cochlitoma semidecussata (L. Pfeiffer, 1846) (superseded combination)
* Archachatina semigranosa L. Pfeiffer, 1861: synonym of Cochlitoma semigranosa (Pfeiffer, 1861) (superseded combination)
* Archachatina simplex E.A. Smith, 1878: synonym of Cochlitoma simplex (E. A. Smith, 1878) (superseded combination)
* Archachatina ustulata (Lamarck, 1822) - South Africa: synonym of Cochlitoma ustulata (Lamarck, 1822) (superseded combination)
* Archachatina vestita Pfeiffer, 1855: synonym of Cochlitoma vestita (L. Pfeiffer, 1855) (superseded combination)
* Archachatina zuluensis Connolly - South Africa: synonym of Cochlitoma churchilliana (Melvill & Ponsonby, 1895)