Lissachatina fulica Bowdich, 1822

Gurumayum, S. D., 2021, Mollusca fauna of the campus of Arunachal Pradesh Regional Centre, Zoological Survey of India, Itanagar Wildlife Sanctuary, Arunachal Pradesh, along with two new records, Records of the Zoological Survey of India 121 (2), pp. 225-229 : 226

1. Lissachatina fulica Bowdich, 1822

1822. Achatina fulica Bowdich, Elements of Conchology, Univalves. 79 pp., 19 pl. Paris.

2006. Lissachatina fulica : Gerlach, Justin. Mollusca of the Seychelles islands. Backhuys BV, Leiden, 1-141: 36.

Material examined: ZSI/IV/APRC/M-265 (3 exs),

16.xii.2019; ZSI/IV/APRC/M-270 (1 ex), 20.vi.2020.

Distribution: Throughout the country. Elsewhere: A widely distributed species.

Remarks: The species is native to the east coast of Africa (Rowson et al., 2010) but widely introduced in many parts of the world. The snail is the most frequently occurring invasive snail, commonly known as Giant African land snail. It is a highly invasive species listed in the 100 most invasive species of the world by the Global Invasive species database of IUCN because of its fast-growing voracious polyphagous feeding habit. The species is reported for the first from the state.