Giant Carnivorous Land Snails from Mexico and Central America

Abstract

The taxonomy of four known species of Euglandina (Gastropoda, Pulmonata, Spiraxidae) is reviewed, and each is redescribed. E. vanuxemensis (Lea) includes the following synonyms: Achatina coulteri Gray, Glandina coronata Pfeiffer, Glandina uhdeana Martens and Glandina guttata Crosse and Fischer. E. aurata (Morelet) includes as a synonym Achatina lignaria Reeve. E. sowerbyana consists of two subspecies: E. s. sowerbyana (Pfeiffer) and E. s. estephaniae (Strebel). E. gigantea Pilsbry is monotypic. E. gigantae gabbi Pilsbry is a synonym. Euglandina pan new species and Euglandina titan new species are described from Guatemala.