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Achatina fulica in life
In life — African Giant Snail, photographed by an iNaturalist observer, not this specimen. (c) PK Yeung, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by PK Yeung
BPBM 256248Malacology

Achatina fulica

African Giant Snail

Animalia › Mollusca › Gastropoda › Stylommatophora › Achatinidae

Date
April 26, 1998
Locality
Hawaiian Islands; Oahu; Wa‘ahila Ridge
Island
Oʻahu
Region
Honolulu County, Hawaii, United States
Identified by
Robert H. Cowie
Record type
Preservedspecimen
131 Bishop specimens of Achatina fulica · collected 1938–2008Species page ›

Collected the same day

On April 26, 1998, Robert H. Cowie; Robert H. Cowie also collected 24+ other specimens.

Cite this specimen

Achatina fulica. BPBM 256248. Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum, Honolulu. GBIF occurrence 34703258. Accessed via explore.bishopmuseum.org/specimens/mo/256248.

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