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Class
Gastropoda 
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Class_C
腹足綱 
Order
Stylommatophora 
Order_C
柄眼目 
Family
Achatinidae 
Family_C
非洲大蝸牛科 
Genus_C
非洲大蝸牛屬 
Scientific Name
Achatina fulica
Nomenclator
Bowdich, 1822 
Chinese Name
非洲大蝸牛  China Name
Chinese Common Name
露螺 
Synonym
 
English Common Name
Africa Landsnail 
Area
台灣、南韓、印尼、越南
Taiwan
Distribution
南韓、印尼、越南(Khanh Hoa、 Ninh Thuan)
Habitat
陸生、非洲大蝸牛是雜食性,大多是在潮溼環境中活動,所以喜歡在下雨及夜間活動。夏天或沒雨水時,會躲在陰涼的地方,且在殼口上做一層白膜(假口蓋),只餘一個小孔來呼吸,然後再將螺肉縮入殼內以防脫水,等到環境轉好後再出來。非洲大蝸牛一次可以產下三十到七百個卵,所以繁殖很快。
Vietnam(Khanh Hoa, Ninh Thuan)
Shell Character
殼中大型,是臺灣目前最大的陸蝸,殼圓錐狀,厚實,殼右旋,黃褐色底,深褐至紅褐色縱條色紋或不規則塊斑分佈其上,生長脈明顯。殼頂鈍圓,螺塔高,各螺層膨脹,縫合線明顯。殼口內白色,近唇緣赤褐色。臍孔被外翻軸唇遮蓋。腹足為黑褐色,也有白化的種類。大部分的非洲大蝸牛殼長為七或八公分,但也可達十五到十七公分。
Reference
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Remark
 常在下雨或早晨、傍晚有露水的時候出現,故俗名為露螺。非洲大蝸牛Achatina fulica Bowdich, 1822在一九一八~一九一九年,由在臺的日本技師下條久馬一自南洋引進,作為養殖食用,但由於繁殖太快,飼養者眾,被棄置於野外,而造成很大的農害,是相當值得警惕的環境與生態問題。
Locally Common in Vietnam


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