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Giant African Land Snail in Florida

EDIS, 2011
They’re back! In 1966, a child smuggled three giant African land snails into south Florida which were released in their garden. Seven years later, more than 18,000 snails had been found and it took 10 years and $1 million to eliminate them.
John L. Capinera
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A REVIEW ON BIOLOGY AND MANAGEMENT OF GIANT AFRICAN SNAILS [PDF]

Science Heritage Journal
The Giant African snail (Achatina fulica Bowdich) is classified under the Phylum Mollusca and the Class Gastropoda. This species is notorious for its detrimental impact on agricultural crops in areas where it is found, making it one of the largest and ...
M. P. Gadekar
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Immersion anaesthesia with ethanol in African giant land snails (Acathina fulica) [PDF]

Heliyon, 2019
Giant African land snails (Achatina fulica) are becoming increasingly popular pets and may be anaesthetised to allow diagnostics and surgical procedures.
Dario d’Ovidio, Paolo Monticelli, Mario Santoro, Chiara Adami   +3 more
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Forecasting the Risk of Reinvasion by the Giant African Snail in Ogasawara, Japan

Biotropica, Volume 58, Issue 3, May 2026.
This study used SDMs constructed in multiple regions to predict the suitable habitats of Achatina fulica on Chichijima in the Ogasawara Islands. The model constructed on another island with a wide distribution range showed the highest predictive accuracy.
Mai Matsumoto, Takeshi Osawa
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A chromosomal-level genome assembly for the giant African snail Achatina fulica. [PDF]

Gigascience, 2019
Abstract Background Achatina fulica, the giant African snail, is the largest terrestrial mollusk species. Owing to its voracious appetite, wide environmental adaptability, high growth rate, and reproductive capacity, it has become an invasive species across the world, mainly in Southeast Asia, Japan ...
Guo Y, Zhang Y, Liu Q, Huang Y, Mao G, Yue Z, Abe EM, Li J, Wu Z, Li S, Zhou X, Hu W, Xiao N.   +12 more
europepmc   +4 more sources

Reproductive Ecology of the Giant African Snail in South Florida: Implications for Eradication Programs. [PDF]

PLoS One, 2016
Giant African snail (Achatina fulica (Bowdich, 1822)), an important invasive snail, was recently found in South Florida, USA. An extensive eradication effort was initiated consisting of pesticide applications, debris removal and hand collections. We studied the reproduction capacity and population dynamics of snails collected from 22 populations for ...
Roda A, Nachman G, Weihman S, Yong Cong M, Zimmerman F.   +4 more
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Experimental analysis of nanostructured PEEK, African giant snail shell, and sea snail shell powder for hydroxyapatite formation for bone implant applications

Composites Part C: Open Access, 2023
This experimental research focuses on the nanostructure analysis of three materials; polyether ether ketone (PEEK), African land giant snail shell (ALGSS), and sea snail shell (SSS) powder, for the formation of hydroxyapatite (HA) coatings in bone ...
Agbor A. Esoso, Tien-Chien Jen, Omolayo M. Ikumapayi, Bankole I. Oladapo, Esther T. Akinlabi   +4 more
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Survey of the African giant land snail (Archachatina marginata), intermediate host of intestinal parasites in Akure Metropolis, Ondo State

Bulletin of the National Research Centre, 2021
Background African giant land snails (Archachatina marginata) are hermaphroditic pulmonate nocturnal gastropods of the Achatinidae family. The snail is one of West Africa's largest known terrestrial snails.
Titus Adeniyi Olusi, Olugbenga Samuel Babatunde, Muideen Adeniji   +2 more
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Comparative diagnostic imaging in giant African land snails (Achatinidae)

Frontiers in Veterinary Science, 2023
Giant African land snails (GALS) have become increasingly popular, for example, as pets or in kindergartens in Europe, but little is known about their clinically relevant anatomy, diseases, or further details in diagnostic imaging. The present study focuses on the techniques and image interpretation of radiography, computed tomography, and sonography ...
Gumpenberger, Michaela, Schmidt-Ukaj, Silvana, Handschuh, Stephan   +2 more
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Record of melanism in the hook-billed kite (Chondrohierax uncinatus uncinatus), with a note of predation on the african snail (Achatina fulica) from south of Ecuador

Huitzil, 2018
This note describes the uncommon presence of an individual melanic (dark morph) Hook-billed Kite (Chondrohierax uncinatus uncinatus) in southern Ecuador. In addition the depredation of the giant African snail (Achatina fulica) is documented.
Salomón M. Ramírez-Jaramillo
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