Achatina schinziana Mousson, 1888

Rapalai, Boikhutso Lerato, 2024, An annotated checklist of molluscs recorded from Botswana, Indago: Investigating nature and humanity in Africa (Oxford, England) 41 (10), pp. 15-44 : 28

41. Achatina schinziana Mousson, 1888

Distribution and year: Paradise Pan, between Nata and Maun 1963 (NMSA 2023); Gweta 2019, 2020 ( GBIF 2023 b); “Kakir” (Khakhea) N/A ( Connolly 1912); Gumare, 25 miles South of Sepopa 1965 (van Bruggen 1966 b); Mesilume Pan, 133km from Tshane Pan, Ghanzi District N/A (NMSA 2023); Maun, Ngamiland [NHMUK:ecatalogue:2671805] 1931 ( Connolly 1939; GBIF 2023 b); 50 miles SW by W of Victoria Falls, on border of Kalahari, (Kazungula), Bechuanaland ( Botswana) [MCZ:Mala:166258] N/A (Harvard University M. & Morris 2024 a).

Geographic range: Angola, Botswana, Namibia.

Habitat: Terrestrial.

Notes: The species’ distribution range is restricted to Southern Africa (van Bruggen 1980).

Type locality: “Ondonga, in the country Ovamba”, Namibia ( Mousson 1888) .

Sources: Connolly (1912: 200, as Achatina schinziana var. degenerata ; 1939: 316); van Bruggen (1966 a: 108; 1980: 82); GBIF (2023 b).

Conservation status: Not Evaluated.