Kingdom Animalia Class Gastropoda Family Achatinidae Scientific name Archachatina bicarinata | Phylum Mollusca Superfamily Achatinoidea Genus Archachatina Rank Species | |
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Similar Archachatina, Achatina craveni, Archachatina camerunensis, Achatina glutinosa, Achatina tincta | ||
Archachatina bicarinata is a species of air-breathing tropical land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Achatinidae.
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Description
Shell of Archachatina bicarinata can reach a length of 117–135 millimetres (4.6–5.3 in). This giant shell is always sinistral or reverse-coiled (hence the synonym Archachatina sinistrorsa).
Distribution
This species is endemic to São Tomé and Príncipe, off the west coast of Africa in the Gulf of Guinea.
Habitat
This species lives in the primary rainforest on the mountains. Due to the habitat loss, the mass-collecting of the shells and the harvesting of the snails for food Archachatina bicarinata is a declining species, classified as vulnerable.
References
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