Lissachatina fulica
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Lissachatina fulica is a species of large land snail that belongs in the subfamily Achatininae of the family Achatinidae. It is also known as the giant African land snail. It shares the common name "g
Snail in Ubud, Bali, 2010
African giant snail from Sri Lanka
Adult and juvenile
L. fulica climbing a papaya tree
Euglandina rosea
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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 Sp
Lissachatina fulica
…fulica were introduced as a food reserve for the American military during World War II and they escaped. A carnivorous species (Florida rosy wolfsnail, Euglandina rosea) was later introduced by the United States government, in an attempt to control A. fulica, but the rosy wolf snail instead heavily preyed upon the…
Euglandina rosea
Euglandina rosea from NW Florida
A hand painted engraved drawing of E. rosea published in 1857
An O'ahu tree snail, one of the primary species threatened by introduced rosy wolfsnails.