Archachatina bicarinata
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| Shell of Archachatina bicarinata from Príncipe Island | |
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| (unranked): | clade Heterobranchia
clade Euthyneura |
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| Species: | A. bicarinata
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| Archachatina bicarinata Bruguière, 1792
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Archachatina bicarinata is a species of air-breathing tropical land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Achatinidae.[3]
Description
The shell of A. bicarinata can reach a length of 11.7–13.5 cm (4.6–5.3 in).[2] This giant shell is always sinistral or reverse-coiled (hence the synonym A. sinistrorsa).
Distribution
This species is endemic to São Tomé and Príncipe, off the west coast of Africa in the Gulf of Guinea.[1]
Habitat
This species lives in the primary rainforest on the mountains. Due to the habitat loss, the mass collection of the shells and harvesting the snails for food, A. bicarinata is a declining species, classified as vulnerable.
References
- ^ a b Clarke, D.; Naggs, F. (1996). "Archachatina bicarinata". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 1996: e.T2039A9194771. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.1996.RLTS.T2039A9194771.en.
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- ^ 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.
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