and Lissachatina fulica (a.k.a. Achatina fulica)—a trio better known as giant African land snails. Native to East Africa, the snails can do a lot of damage when they’re introduced to foreign ...

The African giant snail, also known as the Achatina snail (family Achatinidae), is among the largest land snails in the world. As a pet, the species Lissachatina fulica is particularly popular ...

Once again, Florida plans to eradicate the giant African land snail ... A master gardener recently spotted Achatina (Lissachatina) fulica in New Port Richey, a city in Pasco County on Florida's ...

Giant African snails (Achatina fulica) are the largest known land gastropods. They usually reach about seven inches long from nose to tail and roughly 3.5 inches in diameter, but the largest ever ...

That Trini lime at our rivers and streams in parts where the giant African snail (Achatina fulica) has spread can expose bathers and users of the water to the most deadly of neglected tropical ...

Innocently, the boy had introduced into the mainland U.S. a ferociously fertile predator: Achatina fulica, more commonly known as the giant African land snail. By now, at least 20,000 of the fist ...

Lissachatina fulica is a species of large land snail. It is also known as the Giant African land snail.Getty 34,906 people played the daily Crossword recently. Can you solve it faster than others?

Maracaibo (Venezuela) (AFP) – A "plague" of giant African snails that pose ... The first colonies of the sub-Saharan Achatina fulica snail were discovered at the beginning of November on the ...

The giant African land snail, Lissachatina fulica, can grow up to 8 inches long and procreate in large quantities, laying thousands of eggs at a time that can go on to hatch and wreak additional ...

Four kilos of giant African land snails were seized ... The man kept in his luggage, inside a jute bag, the snails of the species "Achatina fulica", without a label and health certification ...