Archachatina bicarinata
| Archachatina bicarinata | |
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| Shell of Archachatina bicarinata from Príncipe Island | |
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| Kingdom: | Animalia
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| (unranked): | clade Heterobranchia
clade Euthyneura |
| Superfamily: | Achatinoidea
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| Species: | A. bicarinata
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| Binomial name | |
| Archachatina bicarinata Bruguière, 1792
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Archachatina bicarinata, the Obô giant snail, or black snail, 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. Retrieved 16 November 2021.
- ^ a b Worldwide Mollusc Data Base
- '^ Martin Dallimer and Martim Melo. Rapid decline of the endemic giant land snail Archachatina bicaror black snail,inata on the island of Principe, Gulf of Guinea. Oryx. 2010.
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