Archachatina camerunensis

Archachatina camerunensis is a species of air-breathing tropical land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Achatinidae.

Archachatina camerunensis
Museum specimen of Archachatina camerunensis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Order: Stylommatophora
Suborder: Achatinina
Superfamily: Achatinoidea
Family: Achatinidae
Genus: Archachatina
Species:
A. camerunensis
Binomial name
Archachatina camerunensis
A. d'Ailly, 1896

Description

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Its oblong and narrow shell measures 10 cm. Its apex is pale olive green or yellow. The columella is white or gray and white. The ground color of the shell is a pale greenish-yellow hue - pale olive. A characteristic pattern of banding lies parallel to the growth lines. The shell of A. camerunensis has a distinctive surface structure, unlike all other species of Archachatina; the upper half of each whorl has a prominent spiral mesh (a lattice structure), while the bottom half is smooth.

The color of the foot is dark gray or black.

The size of the eggs is 12–16 mm. The typical life expectancy is 5–7 years.

Distribution

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This species is endemic to Cameroon, West Africa. It is found in the Centre Province, Yaounde.

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