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Lissachatina fulica is a species of large land snail that belongs in the subfamily Achatininae of the family Achatinidae. [1] It is also known as the Giant African land snail. [2] It shares the common name "giant African snail" with other species of snails such as Achatina achatina and Archachatina marginata. This snail species has been ...
Achatina achatina. Achatina achatina, commonly known as the giant African snail, also known as the giant tiger land snail is a species of large, air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Achatinidae. The name "Achatina" is from "achates", Greek for agate. [1] It shares the common name " giant African ...
Giant African land snail is the common name of several species within the family Achatinidae, a family of unusually large African terrestrial snails: The Giant African Snail exhibits a remarkable reproductive capacity as they exhibit simultaneous hermaphroditism. Possessing both male and female reproductive organs. This high reproductive output ...
The giant African land snail has already been eradicated from Florida twice. First detected in 1969, it was eradicated in 1975. The snails were eradicated again in 2021 after a 2011 detection in ...
Adults are large (shell roughly 10–15 cm long by 5 cm wide, body up to 17 cm) with a distinct reticulated (ridged) shell that is the species' namesake. Shell colouring varies with brown, orange, and yellow streaks and tends to occur in roughly vertical banding. There is also dark speckling present, more visible in the lighter streaks.
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) — Invasive giant African land snails that can eat building plaster and stucco, consume hundreds of varieties of plants and carry diseases that affect humans have been ...
Achatina achatina Linnaeus, 1758 or giant African snail, agate snail or Ghana tiger snail, from Western Africa (Liberia through Nigeria) grows to be the largest land snail on Earth. Achatina ampullacea Böttger, 1910. Achatina balteata Reeve, 1849 - Cameroon to Central Angola. Achatina bandeirana Morelet, 1866. Achatina bayaona Morelet, 1866.
The snails, which are an invasive species in the U.S. were discovered in the luggage of a traveler arriving from Ghana. ... Giant African Land Snails can grow up to 8 inches and feed on many ...