There are about 43,000 living snail species. Three of them have become invasive pests in China, Colombia, India, Barbados, Hawaii, and many other corners of the world: Achatina achatina ...

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The African giant snail, also known as the Achatina snail (family Achatinidae), is among the largest land snails in the world. As a pet, the species Lissachatina fulica is particularly popular, ...

The first colonies of the sub-Saharan Achatina fulica snail were discovered at the beginning of November on the shores of Lake Maracaibo in western Venezuela.

There are other snails types like Achatina Fulica and Achatina Achatinas which are herbivores. Their diets consist of many plants such as nuts, flowers, fruit, stems, pawpaw, cucumber and leaves.