Rosy wolfsnail
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Name (Latin)
Rosy wolfsnail
Other forms of name
Cannibal snail
Euglandina rosea
Rosey wolfsnail
Wolfsnail, Rosy
See Also From tracing topical name
Euglandina
MARC
MARC
Other Identifiers
Wikidata:
Q2710885
Library of congress:
sh2007005880
Sources of Information
- Work cat.: 2007030838: Campbell, S. Wolfsnail, 2008:ECIP galley (Wolfsnail; scientific name: Euglandina rosea, Common Names: Rosy Wolfsnail, Cannibal Snail; size: adult shells are approximately 1 1/2 to 3 inches, or 4 cm to 7.5 cm, long; distribution: this species is found naturally in the Southeastern United States)
- Wikipedia, July 30, 2007(Common name: Rosy wolfsnail, cannibal snail)
- Common & sci. names of aquatic invertebrates from the U.S. and Canada. Mollusks, 1998:p. 140 (under Spiraxidae: sci. name: Euglandina rosea (Férussac, 1818); common name: Rosy wolfsnail)
- ION index to organism names website, Aug. 6, 2007(Englandina rosea. phylum: Mollusca. class: Gastropoda. order: Stylommatophora)
- ITIS search, Aug. 7, 2007(Euglandina rosea (Ferussac, 1818), species, common names: rosey wolfsnail, rosy wolfsnail)
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Euglandina rosea
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File:Euglandina rosea drawing.jpg
Drawn by B. F. Nutting, engraved by the Alexander Lawson firm, hand-painted by Helen Lawson († 1854). Published in a book by Amos Binney (1803-1847; U.S.A.)., Public domain
Wikipedia description:
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. This species is a fast and voracious predator, hunting and eating other snails and slugs. The rosy wolfsnail was introduced into Hawaii in 1955 as a biological control for the invasive African land snail, Lissachatina fulica. This snail is responsible for the extinction of an estimated eight native snail species in Hawaii. This has caused the snail to be added to the IUCN's top 100 most invasive species.
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