Archachatina bicarinata
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
| Archachatina bicarinata | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Shell of Archachatina bicarinata from Príncipe Island | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Order: | Stylommatophora |
| Superfamily: | Achatinoidea |
| Family: | Achatinidae |
| Genus: | Archachatina |
| Species: | A. bicarinata |
| Binomial name | |
| Archachatina bicarinata Bruguière, 1792 | |
| Synonyms | |
| |
Archachatina bicarinata, the Obô giant snail, or black snail, is a species of air-breathing tropical land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Achatinidae.[3]
The shell of A. bicarinata can reach a length of 11.7–13.5 cm (4.6–5.3 in).[2] This giant shell is always sinistral or reverse-coiled (hence the synonym A. sinistrorsa).
Distribution
This species is endemic to São Tomé and Príncipe, off the west coast of Africa in the Gulf of Guinea.[1]
