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Achatina fulica
(Achatinidae)

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Achatina fulica is native to East Africa. 


Featured items

The Giant African Snail: A Problem in Economic Malacology (online book)
The full text of the book "The Giant African Snail: A Problem in Economic Malacology" (Mead, 1961) is available online.


Species description or overview

Giant African snail species profile (USDA)
Extensive links for the giant African snail (Achatina fulica), video, and citation database, are provided by the National Invasive Species Information Center.

Achatina fulica description and ecology from GISD (ISSG)
A species description and information about the ecology of Achatina fulica as an invasive species is provided from the Global Invasive Species Database (GISD). GISD was created and is maintained by IUCN's Invasive Species Specialist Group (ISSG).


Taxonomy & nomenclature

ITIS nomenclature info for Achatina fulica
Nomenclatural information about Achatina fulica is provided by ITIS.


Impacts

Invasive species in the Pacific: A technical review and draft regional strategy (2000) View info about Adobe Acrobat PDF format
The status of invasive plants, vertebrates, arthropods, molluscs, and crustaceans, and options for a regional invasive species strategy for the South Pacific are presented in this series of articles from the South Pacific Regional Environment Programme, 2000.

Giant African snails can carry Angiostrongylus cantonensis parasite
The Center for Disease Control provides information about the Giant African snails carrying the parasite Angiostrongylus cantonensis.

Giant African snail species profile (USDA)
Extensive links for the giant African snail (Achatina fulica), video, and citation database, are provided by the National Invasive Species Information Center.

Achatina fulica impact information from GISD (ISSG)
Impact information regarding Achatina fulica as an invasive species is provided from the Global Invasive Species Database (GISD). GISD was created and is maintained by IUCN's Invasive Species Specialist Group (ISSG).


Control methods

Achatina fulica management information from GISD (ISSG)
Management information for Achatina fulica as an invasive species is provided from the Global Invasive Species Database (GISD). GISD was created and is maintained by IUCN's Invasive Species Specialist Group (ISSG).


Images

Images of the giant African snail (Achatina fulica)
Links to several ecosystem management programs in the islands.


Distribution

Invasive species in the Pacific: A technical review and draft regional strategy (2000) View info about Adobe Acrobat PDF format
The status of invasive plants, vertebrates, arthropods, molluscs, and crustaceans, and options for a regional invasive species strategy for the South Pacific are presented in this series of articles from the South Pacific Regional Environment Programme, 2000.

Giant African snail species profile (USDA)
Extensive links for the giant African snail (Achatina fulica), video, and citation database, are provided by the National Invasive Species Information Center.

Achatina fulica worldwide distribution from GISD (ISSG)
Worldwide distribution information about Achatina fulica is provided from the Global Invasive Species Database (GISD). GISD was created and is maintained by IUCN's Invasive Species Specialist Group (ISSG).


Books

The Giant African Snail: A Problem in Economic Malacology (online book)
The full text of the book "The Giant African Snail: A Problem in Economic Malacology" (Mead, 1961) is available online.

Turning the tide: The eradication of invasive species (proceedings of the International Conference on Eradication of Island Invasives)
Veitch, C.R. and M.N. Clout (eds.) . 2002. Turning the tide: The eradication of invasive species (proceedings of the International Conference on Eradication of Island Invasives). IUCN SSC Invasive Species Specialist Group. IUCN, Gland, Switzerland and Cambridge, UK. vii + 414pp. ISBN: 2-8317-0682-3.


Full-text articles

Invasive species in the Pacific: A technical review and draft regional strategy
South Pacific Regional Environmental Programme (SPREP). Sherley, Greg (ed.) . 2000. Invasive species in the Pacific: A technical review and draft regional strategy. Apia, Samoa: South Pacific Regional Environment Programme. ISBN: 982-04-0214-X.

Turning the tide: The eradication of invasive species (proceedings of the International Conference on Eradication of Island Invasives)
Veitch, C.R. and M.N. Clout (eds.) . 2002. Turning the tide: The eradication of invasive species (proceedings of the International Conference on Eradication of Island Invasives). IUCN SSC Invasive Species Specialist Group. IUCN, Gland, Switzerland and Cambridge, UK. vii + 414pp. ISBN: 2-8317-0682-3.


Experts

Achatina fulica contacts from GISD (ISSG)
Contact information for experts on Achatina fulica as an invasive species is provided from the Global Invasive Species Database (GISD). GISD was created and is maintained by IUCN's Invasive Species Specialist Group (ISSG).


Other resources

USDA African snails page
USDA provides information about African snails.

USDA importation info regarding snails and slugs
AntWeb

Achatina fulica references from GISD (ISSG)
References regarding Achatina fulica as an invasive species is provided from the Global Invasive Species Database (GISD). GISD was created and is maintained by IUCN's Invasive Species Specialist Group (ISSG).


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