Giant African land snail is the common name of several species within the family
Achatinidae
Achatinidae (New Latin, from Greek "''agate''") is a family of medium to large sized tropical land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks from Africa.
Well known species include '' Achatina achatina'' the Giant African Snail, and '' L ...
, a family of unusually large
Africa
Africa is the world's second-largest and second-most populous continent after Asia. At about 30.3 million km2 (11.7 million square miles) including adjacent islands, it covers 20% of Earth's land area and 6% of its total surfac ...
n terrestrial snails:
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Achatina achatina
''Achatina achatina'', commonly known as the giant African snail, also known as the giant tiger land snail is a species of large, air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Achatinidae. The name "Achatina" ...
'', also known as the agate snail or Ghana tiger snail
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Lissachatina fulica
''Lissachatina fulica'' is a species of large land snail that belongs in the subfamily Achatininae of the family Achatinidae. It is also known as the giant African land snail. It shares the common name " giant African snail" with other species o ...
'', a serious agricultural pest in some countries
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Archachatina marginata
The giant West African snail or banana rasp snail (''Archachatina marginata'') is a species of air-breathing Tropics, tropical land snail, a terrestrial molluscs, terrestrial Pulmonata, pulmonate Gastropoda, gastropod Mollusca, mollusk in the f ...
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