Achatina fulica
[Giant African Land Snail]
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Classification: | Kingdom: Animalia | Phylum: Mollusca | Class: Gastropoda | Superfamily: Achatinoidea | Family: Achatinidae | Genus: Achatina |

The young snails:

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These baby snails below emerged from a hole in the soil dug by an adult snail a few weeks ago.

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This large land snail was introduced into Singapore in 1922.

Reference article(s):

Jarrett, V.H.C. (1923) The occurrence of the snail Achatina fulica in Malaya. Singapore Naturalist 1, 73-76.