The giant African snail is a macrophytophagous herbivore; it eats a wide range of living plant material, commercially important fruits and vegetables, ornamental plants such as flowers, native plants, as well as weeds and detritus plant material. At different life stages and temperatures, the snail has slightly different feeding preferences.

Achatina achatina, commonly known as the giant African snail, also known as the giant tiger land snail is a species of large, air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Achatinidae.

2023年5月10日 · The largest land snail in the world is the giant African land snail (lissachatina fulica) which can grow to be up to 20cm (8 inches) long. These giants were originally from East Africa but are now found right across the world on every continent except for Antarctica .

The Giant African Snail, or Lissachatina Fulica, is a very large mollusc that originates from areas of East Africa, including Kenya, Somalia and Mozambique. They thrive in hot and humid climates, although they are now known to adapt well to temperate climates, and traditionally inhabit areas of vegetation, such as the edges of forests, the ...

The giant African land snail (Lissachatina fulica (Bowditch)) (GALS) is one of the most invasive pests on the planet, causing agricultural and environmental damage wherever it is found. This snail was twice established in southeastern Florida and was successfully eradicated both times.

2024年2月23日 · The Giant African Land Snail is one of the largest terrestrial gastropods. They have a light to dark brown shells with vertical stripes of a darker shade of brown on them. They have an average lifespan of about 5-7 years.

2024年5月27日 · As its name suggests, the Giant African Land Snail is one of the largest snails in the world. Although it is native to East Africa, it has been introduced in many other places. It is a destructive, agricultural pest considered one of the top 100 invasive species in the world.

2023年6月19日 · The Giant African Land Snail (Achatina fulica) is a species of air-breathing, tropical land snail native to East Africa. It is one of the largest species of land snails in the world, with adults ranging from 7-8 inches in length and weighing up to 1 pound.

Achatina fulica orig­i­nated in the coastal areas and is­lands of East Africa, where it pre­sum­ably got the nick­name, “Giant African Snail.” The snail in­hab­its coun­tries rang­ing from Mozam­bique in the south, to Kenya and So­ma­lia in the north.

Giant African land snail is the common name of several species within the family Achatinidae, a family of unusually large African terrestrial snails: The Giant African Snail exhibits a remarkable reproductive capacity as they exhibit simultaneous hermaphroditism. Possessing both male and female reproductive organs.