Archachatina bicarinata
| Archachatina bicarinata | |
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| Shell of Archachatina bicarinata from Príncipe Island | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| (unranked): | clade Heterobranchia
clade Euthyneura |
| Superfamily: | Achatinoidea |
| Family: | Achatinidae |
| Genus: | Archachatina |
| Species: | A. bicarinata |
| Binomial name | |
| Archachatina bicarinata Bruguière, 1792 | |
| Synonyms | |
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Archachatina bicarinata is a species of air-breathing tropical land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Achatinidae.
Description
Shell of Archachatina bicarinata can reach a length of 117–135 millimetres (4.6–5.3 in).[2] This giant shell is always sinistral or reverse-coiled (hence the synonym Archachatina sinistrorsa).
Distribution
This species is endemic to São Tomé and Príncipe, off the west coast of Africa in the Gulf of Guinea.
Habitat
This species lives in the primary rainforest on the mountains. Due to the habitat loss, the mass-collecting of the shells and the harvesting of the snails for food Archachatina bicarinata is a declining species, classified as vulnerable.
References
- ↑ Clarke, D. & Naggs, F. 1996. Archachatina bicarinata. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Archived June 27, 2014, at the Wayback Machine. Downloaded on 6 August 2007.
- 1 2 Worldwide Mollusc Data Base
External links
Bibliography
- Martin Dallimer and Martim Melo. Rapid decline of the endemic giant land snail Archachatina bicarinata on the island of Principe, Gulf of Guinea. Oryx. 2010.