Shell in form very variable, but generally sub-turriculated, ventricose, striated longitudinally; the summit papillose; aperture a little variable, but never thickened or reflected; the right edge always acute, the columellar margin rather strongly hollowed, entirely formed by the columella, of which the anterior extremity is constantly open and truncated.

Achatina perdix.

A. zebra.

A. acuta.

A. bicarinata.

A. Mauritiana.

A. castanea.

A. glans.

A. Peruviana.

A. albo-lineata.