Species of gastropod
Euglandina rosea
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A live individual of Euglandina rosea
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Scientific classification
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Domain:
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Eukaryota
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Kingdom:
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Animalia
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Phylum:
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Mollusca
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Class:
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Gastropoda
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Order:
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Stylommatophora
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Family:
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Spiraxidae
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Genus:
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Euglandina
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Species:
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E. rosea
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Binomial name
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Euglandina rosea
(Ferussac, 1818)
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Synonyms
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- Achatina rosea Férussac, 1821 (original combination)
- Glandina bullata Gould, 1848
- Glandina corneola W. G. Binney, 1857
- Glandina parallela W. G. Binney, 1857
- Glandina truncata Say, 1831
- Glandina truncata var. abbreviata Martens in Albers, 1860
- Glandina truncata var. macer Dall, 1890
- Glandina truncata var. minor W. G. Binney, 1885
- Glandina truncata var. minor Pilsbry, 1899
- Glandina truncata var. ovata Dall, 1890
- Helix (Cochlicopa) rosea Férussac, 1821
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Euglandina rosea, the rosy wolfsnail or cannibal snail, is a species of medium-sized to large predatory air-breathing land snail, a carnivorous terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Spiraxidae.[1]
This species is a fast and voracious predator, hunting and eating other snails and slugs.[2] The rosy wolfsnail was introduced into Hawaii in 1955 as a biological control for the invasive African land snail, Lissachatina fulica.[3] This snail is responsible for the extinction of an estimated eight native snail species in Hawaii.[4] This has caused the snail to be added to the IUCN's top 100 most invasive species.[5]
- ^ MolluscaBase eds. (2020). MolluscaBase. Euglandina rosea (Férussac, 1821). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1289331 on 2020-11-09
- ^ Clifford, Kavan T., Liaini Gross, Kwame Johnson, Khalil J. Martin, Nagma Shaheen, and Melissa A. Harrington. (2003)."Slime-trail Tracking in the Predatory Snail, Euglandina Rosea." Behavioral Neuroscience 117.5:1086-095.
- ^ Gerlach, Justin. (1994). “THE ECOLOGY OF THE CARNIVOROUS SNAIL EUGLANDINA ROSEA.” Diss. Wadham College, Oxford.
- ^ Kurt Auffenberg & Lionel A. Stange (November 2001). "Snail-eating snails of Florida, Gastropoda". University of Florida. EENY251. Retrieved October 7, 2012.
- ^ "100 of the World's Worst Invasive Alien Species". Global Invasive Species Database. Retrieved 28 June 2024.