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Achatina fulica  (Ferussac, 1821)
Taxonomic Serial No.: 76978

 Taxonomy and Nomenclature
       
  Kingdom: Animalia  
  Taxonomic Rank: Species  
  Synonym(s):    
  Common Name(s): giant african snail
 
       
  Taxonomic Status:    
  Current Standing: valid  
       
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  Record Credibility Rating: unverified  
       

 Taxonomic Hierarchy
       
 KingdomAnimalia  -- Animal, animals, animaux  
    PhylumMollusca  -- molluscs, mollusks, mollusques, molusco  
       ClassGastropoda Cuvier, 1797 -- caracol, caramujo, escargots, gastéropodes, gastropods, lesma, limaces, slugs, snails  
          OrderStylommatophora   
             SuborderSigmurethra   
                InfraorderHolopodopes   
                   FamilyAchatinidae   
                      GenusAchatina   
                         SpeciesAchatina fulica (Ferussac, 1821) -- giant african snail  
       

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  Source: NODC Taxonomic Code, database (version 8.0)  
  Acquired: 1996   
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  Reference for: Achatina fulica   
       
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  Author(s)/Editor(s): Turgeon, D. D., A. E. Bogan, E. V. Coan, W. K. Emerson, W. G. Lyons, W. Pratt, et al.   
  Publication Date: 1988   
  Article/Chapter Title: Common and scientific names of aquatic invertebrates from the United States and Canada: mollusks   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: American Fisheries Society Special Publication 16   
  Page(s): vii + 277   
  Publisher: American Fisheries Society   
  Publication Place: Bethesda, Maryland, USA   
  ISBN/ISSN: 0-913235-47-4, 0097-0638  
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  Reference for: giant african snail   
       

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