Negative impacts of invasive predators used as biological control agents against the pest snail Lissachatina fulica: the snail Euglandina 'rosea'and the flatworm …

J Gerlach, GM Barker, CS Bick, P Bouchet, G Brodie… - Biological …, 2021 - Springer
Since 1955 snails of the Euglandina rosea species complex and Platydemus manokwari
flatworms were widely introduced in attempted biological control of giant African snails …

The invasive giant African snail Lissachatina fulica as natural intermediate host of Aelurostrongylus abstrusus, Angiostrongylus vasorum, Troglostrongylus brevior, and …

F Penagos-Tabares, MK Lange, J Vélez… - PLoS neglected …, 2019 - journals.plos.org
Background Several metastrongyloid lungworms are unreported pathogens in Colombia.
Angiostrongylus vasorum and Crenosoma vulpis target the cardiopulmonary system of …

Phylogenetic evidence for multiple and secondary introductions of invasive snails: Pomacea species in the People's Republic of China

S Lv, Y Zhang, HX Liu, L Hu, Q Liu… - Diversity and …, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
Aim To determine the genetic diversity of invasive snails (Pomacea spp.) that are implicated
in crop damage, environmental degradation and human disease, and to determine their …

[HTML][HTML] Investigating the potential of African land snail shells (Gastropoda: Achatininae) for amino acid geochronology

C Baldreki, A Burnham, M Conti, L Wheeler… - Quaternary …, 2024 - Elsevier
Aragonitic calcium carbonate (CaCO 3) terrestrial mollusc shells with complex shell
microstructures, such as those in the African subfamily Achatininae, have the potential to be …

Single individual structural variant detection uncovers widespread hemizygosity in molluscs

AD Calcino, NJ Kenny… - … Transactions of the …, 2021 - royalsocietypublishing.org
The advent of complete genomic sequencing has opened a window into genomic
phenomena obscured by fragmented assemblies. A good example of these is the existence …

Diez años del caracol gigante africano en Colombia: Revisión de la investigación y divulgación desarrollada entre 2008-2017

A Patiño Montoya, A Giraldo - Ecología austral, 2020 - SciELO Argentina
La presencia del caracol gigante africano (Achatina fulica) como especie exótica en
Colombia desde 2008 ha impulsado alertas sociales, acciones de control y esfuerzos de …

First Report of Giant African Snail (Lissachatina fulica) in a Protected Area of the Cottian Alps, Northwest Italy

A Gabetti, A Maganza, M Prearo, MV Riina, S Nodari… - Sustainability, 2023 - mdpi.com
The Giant African snail (Lissachatina fulica) is listed among the top 100 worst invasive alien
species. Native to East Africa, it has been introduced voluntarily or accidentally into more …

Diagnosis, presence of endoparasites, and local knowledge on the infestation of the exotic giant African snail (gastropoda: pulmonata: achatinidae), in the urban zone …

MS Lima, E Guilherme - Biota Neotropica, 2018 - SciELO Brasil
The giant African land snail, Lissachatina fulica is considered to be one of the world's worst
invader species. This snail can provoke major economic and public health problems in …

Updated distribution and experimental life-history traits of the recently invasive snail Lissachatina fulica in Havana, Cuba

AA Vázquez, J Sánchez, A Alba, E Martínez… - Acta tropica, 2018 - Elsevier
Abstract The giant African snail Lissachatina fulica has been reported invading Cuba since
2014 and is now well established in areas of Havana and several nearby regions. This …

Effect of the invasion history of the giant African snail (Lissachatina fulica) on its realized climatic niche

A Patiño‐Montoya, A Giraldo, R Tidon - Invertebrate Biology, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
There is almost a century of difference among Indo‐Malayan, Australasian, and Neotropical
regions in establishment of non‐native populations of the giant African snail (Lissachatina …