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The snails, which grow as long as 8 inches (20 centimeters) and have a distinctive whirled, brown mottled shell, were confirmed by state agriculture officials in New Port Richey, Florida, on June 23.
Although they are attracted to Florida’s balmy heat and subtropical ecosystems, the snails are, as the name suggests, native to Africa and were only introduced to the Sunshine State in the 1960s ...
Cornu aspersum (syn. Helix aspersa, Cryptomphalus aspersus), known by the common name garden snail, is a species of land snail in the family Helicidae, which includes some of the most familiar land snails. Of all terrestrial molluscs, this species may well be the most widely known.
First, a bit of history: In the 1920s, plant explorer David Fairchild encountered giant land snails in Sri Lanka, where a local gardener told him they were "the greatest curse of vegetable growing ...
A carnivorous species (Florida rosy wolfsnail, Euglandina rosea) was later introduced by the United States government, in an attempt to control A. fulica, but the rosy wolf snail instead heavily preyed upon the native Partula snails, causing the extinction of most Partula species within a decade.
Theba pisana, common names the white garden snail, sand hill snail, white Italian snail, Mediterranean coastal snail, and simply just the Mediterranean snail, is an edible species of medium-sized, air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Helicidae, the typical snails.
Parts of Broward County, Florida, are under quarantine after a giant African land snail — described as "one of the most damaging snails in the world" — was detected earlier this month ...
A live individual of Liguus fasciatus from Everglades. Shells of Liguus fasciatus can reach a size of 42–68 millimetres (1.7–2.7 in). [6] [1] These polished shining shells, ranging from white to almost black, have whorls banded with many colors (chestnut, orange, yellow pink or green).