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	 Giant West African Snail (Archachatina marginata)
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| Subject: | Giant West African Snail (Archachatina marginata) 
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Date: 2004:07:08 17:32:58
Upload Date: 2005:12:06 17:30:21 | 
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^o^| 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
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 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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