Rapid spread of an invasive snail in South America: the giant African snail, Achatina fulica, in Brasil

Fundação Oswaldo Cruz. Instituto Oswaldo Cruz. Departamento de Malacologia. Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil.
IBAMA. Superintendência no Estado do Rio Grande do Sul. Núcleo de Fauna. Porto Alegre, RS, Brasil.
Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro. Museu Nacional. Setor de Malacologia. Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil.
University of Hawaii. Center for Conservation Research and Training. Honolulu, Hawaii.
Fundação Oswaldo Cruz. Instituto Oswaldo Cruz. Departamento de Malacologia. Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil.

Abstract

Beginning around 1800, but primarily since the early and mid-twentieth century, the giant African snail, Achatina (Lissachatina) fulica Bowdich, 1822, has been introduced throughout the tropics and subtropics and has been considered the most important snail pest in these regions. In Brasil, specimens probably brought from Indonesia were introduced into the state of Parana´ in the 1980s for commercial purposes (‘‘escargot’’ farming) that were not successful,

Keywords in Portuguese

Achatina fulica
Caracol invasivo
Invasão
América do Sul

Keywords

Achatina fulica
Control
Dispersal
Giant African snail
Mollusca
Brasil

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Springer

Citation

THIENGO, Silvana et al. Rapid spread of an invasive snail in South America: the giant African snail, Achatina fulica, in Brasil. Biological Invasions, v. 9, p. 693-702, 2007.

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10.1007/s10530-006-9069-6

ISSN

1387-3547

Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://www.arca.fiocruz.br/handle/icict/39755

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2025-01-01

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