Definitions
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- proper noun A taxonomic
genus within thesubfamily Achatininae — landsnails , often large, common in the warm parts.
Etymologies
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Examples
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The front end, to which the carriage is harnessed consist of a Giant snail (Achatina fulica), known also as Giant African Snail (Africans are known as the world fastest runners ).
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Last year I had identified them as Achatina achatina, but a reader subsequently indicated that they were actually Archachatina marginata.
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Spotted deer (Axis axis) are now widespread throughout the Andamans, as is the African giant snail (Achatina fulica).
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Euglandina was introduced in the vain hope that it would control the African snail Achatina, and Murray et al. were able to document the extinction of their experimental animals as Euglandina spread across the islands, leaving us with what is probably the nest-documented case of a biocontrol program gone tragically astray.
Is there a statute of limitations for introduced species on Hawaii?—A reader’s response
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A review of a Nigerian restaurant in Brooklyn in the Village Voice, described the texture of the cooked Achatina as "unbelievably rubbery".
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Giant African snail, Achatina fulica, a potential ...
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I am not familiar with the taxonomy of giant African snails, but I am assuming these are Achatina achatina.
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Giant African snail, Achatina fulica, as a snail predator.
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Since A. fulica was observed eating slugs not snails, the title of the paper should have been "Giant African snail, Achatina fulica, as a slug predator".
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Achatina fulica is an introduced species in Hawaii and many other places.
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