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Lissachatina 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 282538Malacology

Lissachatina fulica

African Giant Snail

Animalia › Mollusca › Gastropoda › Stylommatophora › Achatinidae

Collected by
Kenneth A. Hayes
Date
2006
Island
Kauaʻi
Region
Kauai County, Hawaii, United States
Record type
Preservedspecimen
189 Bishop specimens of Lissachatina fulica · collected 1925–2026Species page ›

Cite this specimen

Lissachatina fulica. BPBM 282538. Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum, Honolulu. Accessed via explore.bishopmuseum.org/specimens/mo/282538.

Record sources

  • Last harvested October 27, 2026