Limicolaria flammea
| Limicolaria flammea | |
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| an adult Limicolaria flammea | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| (unranked): | clade Heterobranchia
clade Euthyneura |
| Superfamily: | Achatinoidea |
| Family: | Achatinidae |
| Subfamily: | Limicolariinae |
| Genus: | Limicolaria |
| Species: | L. flammea |
| Binomial name | |
| Limicolaria flammea (Müller, 1774) | |
Limicolaria flammea is a species of tropical air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Achatinidae.
Distribution
This species is native to West Africa: Nigeria.[1]
It was found as an introduced species in Tuas South, on the tropical island of Singapore, for the first time in 2006.[1] The spread of Limicolaria flammea is potentially damaging to the multi‐billion dollar horticultural industry in Singapore.[1] Malacologists have proposed the urgent eradication of this species in Singapore by handpicking; this is partly in order to prevent the spread of this species into the rest of tropical Asia based on the precautionary principle.[1]
Ecology
There is a paucity of information on the biology and ecology of Limicolaria flammea in the wild.[1]
Oil palm and cocoa plantations are also mentioned as suitable habitat for Limicolaria flammea in Nigeria.[1]
In laboratory conditions, the snails start laying eggs at 5 months old; clutches of up to 56 eggs are produced.[1]
In laboratory experiments, Limicolaria flammea fed readily on potato, apple, lettuce, and carrot, and it is likely that the snails are unselective phytophagous, as has been reported for its congeners.[1]
This species is probably predominantly nocturnal.[1]
References
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