Giant African Land Snail

Description:

Conical shape shell, about 5cm large, pale brown with dark brown stripes. The shell is particularly tough and has the highest heavy metal content of any snail species.

Habitat:

Tropical forest, spotted in a coastal area in Nusa Dua, Bali after rain.

Notes:

Lissachatina fulica is a species of large land snail that belong in the Achatinidae family. It is also famously known as the giant African snail. This snail is listed as one of the top 100 invasive species in the world Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Mollusca Class: Gastropoda (unranked): clade Heterobranchia clade Euthyneura clade Panpulmonata clade Eupulmonata clade Stylommatophora informal group Sigmurethra Superfamily: Achatinoidea Family: Achatinidae Subfamily: Achatininae Genus: Lissachatina Species: L. fulica