African Giant Snail
Lissachatina fulica
Mollusca
COMMON
Stats
- Lifespan
- 5-10 yrs
- Size
- Huge
- Diet
- Herbivore
- Activity
- Nocturnal
- Social
- Solitary
- Biome
- Tropical rainforest
- Range
- East Africa
- Movement
- Slithering
- Breeding
- Egg-laying
- Defense
- Armor
- Status
- Common
About
The African Giant Snail is one of the world's largest land snails, with a conical shell that can reach 20 cm long striped in brown and cream. It can lay up to 1,200 eggs per year and is considered one of the 100 worst invasive species globally.
Life cycle
- 1.juvenileA juvenile mollusk takes adult form after its larval phase and begins building or growing its shell.
- 2.adultFully grown at adult shell size or body length.
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Taxonomy
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Mollusca
- Class
- Gastropoda
- Order
- Stylommatophora
- Family
- Achatinidae
- Genus
- Lissachatina
- Species
- Lissachatina fulica