giant East African snail

Wildlife: Snails, Slugs, and Mussels
Gastropoda > Stylommatophora > Achatinidae > Achatina fulica Bowdich, 1822

19 records

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0019023 Adult(s) Large shell cone-shaped shaped nail. Voraceous plant feeder and very destructive to landscape and homes. Picked up in baggage by PPQ Officer Berk Brown. As an agricultural pest in Florida, the shell was eradicated (see Abbott, 1989, Compendium of Landshells, pg.78) in 1972. Found in Hawaii and American Samoa, Philippines, Sri Lanka, Tahiti, etc John W. Dooley
5310015 Adult(s)

Achatinidae are usually ovate-conic, rarely cylindrical and have variable color patterns. Coiling is usually dextral, rarely sinistral; Papua New Guinea, Keravat, New Britain, Jun 1951, Dun.

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5310016 Adult(s)

Achatinidae are usually ovate-conic, rarely cylindrical and have variable color patterns. Coiling is usually dextral, rarely sinistral; Papua New Guinea, Keravat, New Britain, Jun 1951, Dun.

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5310017 Adult(s)

The shell of A. fulica is narrowly conic, up to 200mm in length although 50-100 is the average. The shell colour is variable but usually consists of alternating brown and cream (or white) bands; Papua New Guinea, Keravat, New Britain, Jun 1951, Dun.

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5310018 Adult(s)

The shell of A. fulica is narrowly conic, up to 200mm in length although 50-100 is the average. The shell color is variable but usually consists of alternating brown and cream (or white) bands; Papua New Guinea, Keravat, New Britain, Jun 1951, Dun.

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5310020 Adult(s)

The shell of A. fulica is narrowly conic, up to 200mm in length although 50-100 is the average. The shell colour is variable but usually consists of alternating brown and cream (or white) bands; Papua New Guinea, Keravat, New Britain, Jun 1951, Dun.

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5310021 Adult(s)

Size range of A. fulica. Shell is narrowly conic, up to 200mm in length although 50-100 is the average. The shell color is variable but usually consists of alternating brown and cream (or white) bands; Papua New Guinea, Keravat, New Britain, Jun 1951, Dun.

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1265029 Egg(s) Yuri Yashin
0019012 Feature(s) Large shell cone-shaped shaped nail. Voraceous plant feeder and very destructive to landscape and homes. Picked up in baggage by PPQ Officer Berk Brown. As an agricultural pest in Florida, the shell was eradicated (see Abbott, 1989, Compendium of Landshells, pg.78) in 1972. Found in Hawaii and American Samoa, Philippines, Sri Lanka, Tahiti, etc John W. Dooley
1265028 Feature(s) hibernation Yuri Yashin
1265031 Infestation infestation on the Caribbean island of Saint Lucia David G. Robinson
1265046 Roberta Zimmerman
1265047 David G. Robinson
1265054 David G. Robinson
1265030 albino shell Yuri Yashin
1265024 Yuri Yashin
1265025 Yuri Yashin
1265026 Yuri Yashin
1265027 Yuri Yashin


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