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Euglandina rosea, the rosy wolfsnail or cannibal snail, is a species of medium-sized to large predatory air-breathing land snail, a carnivorous terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Spiraxidae. [1] This species is a fast and voracious predator, hunting and eating other snails and slugs. [2]
Euglandina is the type genus of the subfamily Euglandininae. The pulmonate genus Euglandina is often referred to as Glandina in older literature, and the most widely known species, Euglandina rosea, may commonly be found under the synonym Glandina truncata. [4] These snails are especially notable for being carnivorous and predatory. They are ...
Partula navigatoria is a species of air-breathing tropical land snail in the family ... in the wild due to predation by introduced rosy wolf snails (Euglandina rosea ...
The partulids of the island of Tahiti act as an example of the possible deleterious effects of attempted biological control. After an infestation of the introduced giant African land snails (Achatina spp.), the carnivorous Florida rosy wolfsnail (Euglandina rosea) was introduced into Tahiti in an attempt to combat the African species.
Partulidae is a family of air-breathing land snails, ... The main threat to their survival has been the introduction of the predatory snail Euglandina rosea. [4 ...
Its extinction is attributed to the introduction of the rosy wolfsnail (Euglandina rosea), which was introduced to the island in the late 1980s. Living individuals previously thought to be Partula dentifera were collected in 1981-1982 and bred in captivity, however, these were later found to be P. navigatoria.
A snail farm near Eyragues, Provence, France. Heliciculture, commonly known as snail farming, is the process of raising edible land snails, primarily for human consumption or cosmetic use. [1] The meat and snail eggs a.k.a. white caviar can be consumed as escargot and as a type of caviar, respectively. [2]
Partula suturalis was extirpated due to the introduction of the carnivorous land snail Euglandina rosea (the rosy wolfsnail). In 1977, biologists deliberately released the rosy wolfsnail onto Moorea Island in an effort to control a previously introduced invasive species, the giant African land snail, Lissachatina fulica.