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  2. Lissachatina fulica - Wikipedia

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    These snails are used by some practitioners of Candomblé for religious purposes in Brazil as an offering to the deity Oxalá. The snails substitute for a closely related species, the West African giant snail (Archachatina marginata) normally offered in Nigeria. The two species are similar enough in appearance to satisfy religious authorities. [47]

  3. Giant African land snail - Wikipedia

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    Giant African land snail is the common name of several species within the family Achatinidae, a family of unusually large African terrestrial snails: Achatina achatina, also known as the agate snail or Ghana tiger snail; Lissachatina fulica, a serious agricultural pest in some countries; Archachatina marginata, (Archachatina marginata)

  4. Achatina achatina - Wikipedia

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    Snails collected in Ghana for food. Like almost all pulmonate gastropods, these snails are hermaphrodites, having male and female sex organs. Each snail lays up to 1200 eggs per year. Achatina achatina is an important source of animal protein for West African forest-dwelling ethnic groups, and there is potential for commercial farming. [8]

  5. The invasive giant African land snail, which can grow to be 8 ...

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    The area is under a quarantine while Melon, the snail-sniffing Labrador, surveys the area for the invasive pest, which had been considered eradicated.

  6. Giant African land snail spotted in Florida, forcing ... - AOL

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    Parts of Broward County, Florida, are under quarantine after a giant African land snail — described as "one of the most damaging snails in the world" — was detected earlier this month ...

  7. Archachatina marginata - Wikipedia

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    The snail feeds on a variety of plants, including economically important crops such as bananas, lettuce, peanuts, and peas. [5] There are also possible public health ramifications of the spread of the snail as an invasive species: it is a carrier of the parasitic rat lungworm, which causes angiostrongyliasis, which in turn is the most common cause of the eosinophilic meningitis or eosinophilic ...

  8. The giant African land snails invading Florida threatening ...

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    An invading horde of giant African land snails has forced a county in southern Florida to introduce a quarantine zone in the hope of stopping the marauding molluscs before they can lay waste to ...

  9. Achatina - Wikipedia

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    Achatina fulica Bowdich, 1822 or giant East African snail from Eastern Africa is a serious pest in the many tropical countries where it has been introduced, and is listed as an invasive species by some governments: synonym of Lissachatina fulica (Bowdich, 1822) Achatina glaucina E. A. Smith, 1899: synonym of Lissachatina glaucina (E. A. Smith ...

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