A Giant East African Land Snail at home in East Africa. This species damages crops and can be a pathogene vector for both plants and animals. Now widespread due to the pet trade.
Thumbnail awlsnail, Miniature awlsnailSubulinidaeNative to tropical America. Introduced to the Hawaiian Islands and elsewhere in the tropics around the world.Oahu, Hawaiian Islands.They are commonly found in a compost pile with other critters helping to decompose matter and help produce rich composed soil.They are very common in sub-fossil/fossil finds with native snails, such as this one from Kalaeloawww.flickr.com/photos/dweickhoff/5126287171/in/photolist-...
The Giant African Snail was released accidentally in Brazil, and this one is several generations crawl from the nearest human habitation at 2500 meters elevation on the summit of the Condor Range, Peru-Ecuador Border. Locally called Ampulla. In context at www.dixpix.ca/Amazon/fauna/riverlife/index.html
A Giant East African Land Snail crosses a wall in Segera, Tanzania. The pet trade has spread this species to several parts of the tropics where they cause crop damage and spread pathogenes.
