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Giant West African Snail (Archachatina marginata) <!--아프리카왕달팽이-->
| Subject: | Giant West African Snail (Archachatina marginata)
| | Poster: | Phoby (phoby@notmyphoto.com)
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Date: 2004:07:08 17:32:58
Upload Date: 2005:12:06 17:30:21
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Giant West African Snail
Gastropoda > Stylommatophora > Achatinidae
Archachatina marginata Swainson, 1821
Photographer: Yuri Yashin, achatina.ru
Description: Their shells can reach 15-17 cm long. Their body is chocolate-coloured; a head is almost black. There are some snails with a light body. The top of shell is round. They lay 3-10 eggs, about 2 cm each.
Image Citation: Yuri Yashin, achatina.ru, www.forestryimages.org
Image Use:
This image may be copied and used, in whole or in part, for any non-profit, educational purpose provided that all reproductions bear an appropriate credit. Any commercial or other use of the image requires the written permission of the photographer or contact organization, and Forestry Images.
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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