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Shell Morphology, Radula and Genital Structures of New Invasive Giant African Land Snail Species, Achatina fulica Bowdich, 1822, Achatina albopicta E.A. Smith (1878) and Achatina reticulata Pfeiffer, 1845 (Gastropoda:Achatinidae) in Southwest Nigeria; Kevdavies Exotic Pets' Achatina reticulata care guide & history
L. fulica also constitutes the predominant land snail found in Chinese markets, and larger species have potential as small, efficient livestock. [49] The snails have also become increasingly popular as pets [17] [50] [51] in some countries, [52] where various companies have sold the animal both as a pet and an education aide. [53]
The largest living species is the Giant African Snail or Ghana Tiger Snail (Achatina achatina; Family Achatinidae), which can measure up to 30 cm. [13] [14] The largest land snails of non-tropical Eurasia are endemic Caucasian snails Helix buchi and Helix goderdziana from the south-eastern Black Sea area in Georgia and Turkey; diameter of the ...
The shells of these snails often grow to a length of 18 centimetres (7.1 in) with a diameter of 9 centimetres (3.5 in). Certain examples have been surveyed in the wild at 30×15 cm, making them the largest extant land snail species known. [5] [6] Similar to other giant land snails such as L. fulica, A. achatina are herbivores. Their diets ...
Two snails come together overnight and each deposits a sac of sperm in a reproductive opening in the other. Fertilisation is internal and some time later, each snail lays a batch of up to twenty eggs. These are cream coloured and nearly spherical, weigh 2 g (0.07 oz) and measure 18 millimetres (0.71 in) in diameter.
Oxychilus alliarius, commonly known as the garlic snail or garlic glass-snail, is a species of small, air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the glass snail family, Oxychilidae.
Cornu aspersum (syn. Helix aspersa, Cryptomphalus aspersus), known by the common name garden snail, is a species of land snail in the family Helicidae, which includes some of the most familiar land snails. Of all terrestrial molluscs, this species may well be the most widely known.
Otala lactea, known as the milk snail or Spanish snail, is a large, edible [3] species of air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk, in the family Helicidae, the typical snails. [4] Archaeological recovery at the Ancient Roman site of Volubilis, in Morocco, illustrates prehistoric exploitation of O. lactea by humans. [5]