giant East African snail

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giant East African snail, Achatina fulica  (Stylommatophora: Achatinidae) Adult(s)
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

giant East African snail, Achatina fulica  (Stylommatophora: Achatinidae) Adult(s)
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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giant East African snail, Achatina fulica  (Stylommatophora: Achatinidae) Adult(s)
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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giant East African snail, Achatina fulica  (Stylommatophora: Achatinidae) Adult(s)
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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giant East African snail, Achatina fulica  (Stylommatophora: Achatinidae) Adult(s)
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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giant East African snail, Achatina fulica  (Stylommatophora: Achatinidae) Adult(s)
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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giant East African snail, Achatina fulica  (Stylommatophora: Achatinidae) Adult(s)
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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giant East African snail, Achatina fulica  (Stylommatophora: Achatinidae) Egg(s)
1265029

Egg(s)

Yuri Yashin

giant East African snail, Achatina fulica  (Stylommatophora: Achatinidae) Feature(s)
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

giant East African snail, Achatina fulica  (Stylommatophora: Achatinidae) Feature(s)
1265028

Feature(s)
hibernation
Yuri Yashin

giant East African snail, Achatina fulica  (Stylommatophora: Achatinidae) Infestation
1265031

Infestation
infestation on the Caribbean island of Saint Lucia
David G. Robinson

giant East African snail, Achatina fulica  (Stylommatophora: Achatinidae) N/A
1265046


Roberta Zimmerman

giant East African snail, Achatina fulica  (Stylommatophora: Achatinidae) N/A
1265047


David G. Robinson

giant East African snail, Achatina fulica  (Stylommatophora: Achatinidae) N/A
1265054


David G. Robinson

giant East African snail, Achatina fulica  (Stylommatophora: Achatinidae) N/A
1265030

albino shell
Yuri Yashin


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