giant West African snail (Archachatina marginata)

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Plate 30. Achatina marginata. Marginated Achatina. Modern accepted name (2012) is Archachatina marginata.
Date January 1820
Source Zoological Illustrations, Volume I.
Author William Swainson, F.R.S., F.L.S.
Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Zoological_Illustrations_Volume_I_Plate_30.jpg

The giant West African snail or banana rasp snail (Archachatina marginata) is a species of air-breathing tropical land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Achatinidae. This species occurs in Western Africa: Cameroon through Democratic Republic of the Congo, and can be found in the Caribbean, in Martinique.

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