Achatina fulica

Summary

Achatina fulica is a taxon^[1]. It ranks in the top 0.81% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (195 views/month, #1,583 of 195,241).^[2]

Key Facts

• Achatina fulica's instance of is recorded as taxon^[3].
• Achatina fulica is classified at the rank of species^[4].
• Achatina fulica is classified within Achatina^[5].
• Under binomial nomenclature, Achatina fulica is Achatina fulica^[6].
• Achatina fulica's Commons category is recorded as Achatina fulica^[7].
• Achatina fulica's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Achatina fulica^[8].
• Achatina fulica's Commons gallery is recorded as Achatina fulica^[9].
• Achatina fulica's taxon synonym is recorded as Lissachatina fulica^[10].
• Achatina fulica's short name is recorded as {'lang': 'mul', 'text': 'A. fulica'}^[11].
• Achatina fulica is commonly known as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'African snail'}^[12].
• Achatina fulica is commonly known as {'lang': 'zh', 'text': '非洲大蝸牛'}^[13].
• Achatina fulica is commonly known as {'lang': 'nl', 'text': 'grote agaatslak'}^[14].
• Achatina fulica is commonly known as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'giant East African snail'}^[15].
• Achatina fulica is commonly known as {'lang': 'ast', 'text': 'cascoxu xigante'}^[16].
• Achatina fulica is commonly known as {'lang': 'ko', 'text': '왕달팽이'}^[17].
• Achatina fulica's maintained by WikiProject is recorded as WikiProject Invasion Biology^[18].
• Achatina fulica's taxon author citation is recorded as Bowdich, 1822^[19].
• Achatina fulica's taxon range is recorded as Primavera^[20].
• Achatina fulica's taxon synonym of is recorded as Lissachatina fulica^[21].
• Achatina fulica's protonym of is recorded as Lissachatina fulica^[22].

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Classification

Under binomial nomenclature, Achatina fulica is Achatina fulica^[6]. It is classified at the rank of species^[4]. It is classified within Achatina^[5]. Recorded taxon common name include {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'African snail'}^[12], {'lang': 'zh', 'text': '非洲大蝸牛'}^[13], {'lang': 'nl', 'text': 'grote agaatslak'}^[14], {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'giant East African snail'}^[15], {'lang': 'ast', 'text': 'cascoxu xigante'}^[16], and {'lang': 'ko', 'text': '왕달팽이'}^[17].

Identifiers

Achatina fulica's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 68420^[23]. Achatina fulica's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 6530^[24]. Achatina fulica's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 452699^[25]. Achatina fulica's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 8790531^[26]. Achatina fulica's ITIS TSN is recorded as 76978^[27].

Why It Matters

Achatina fulica ranks in the top 0.81% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (195 views/month, #1,583 of 195,241).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 18 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[28] It is known by 41 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[29]