Lissachatina fulica ( Bowdich, 1822 )

Sajan, Sheikh, Barik, Subhadra, Mohapatra, Pratyush P., Tripathy, Basudev, Mukhopadhyay, Amit, Hafiz, Md & Ghosh, Abhijna, 2024, Notes on a mollusc collection from Gundichaghagi Falls, Eastern Ghats, India, Records of the Zoological Survey of India 124 (1), pp. 55-63 : 59

publication ID	https://doi.org/10.26515/rzsi/v124/i1/2024/169071
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scientific name	Lissachatina fulica ( Bowdich, 1822 )
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Lissachatina fulica ( Bowdich, 1822) View in CoL ( Figure 20 View Figures 12-20 )

1821. Helix fulica Férussac , Table Syst. Limacons., p. 49 (No. 347). (nom. nud.)

1822. Achatina fulica Bowdich, Elements of Conchology, 1, pl. 13, fig. 3.

Distribution: South and Southeast Asia, Africa ( Sajan et al., 2018).

Note: The dead shells were observed on the forest floor nearer to the Gundichaghagi waterfall. L. fulica has been categorised in the list of 100 worst invasive alien species of the world ( Lowe et al., 2000) and it has been considered a serious pest for agriculture, and forestry and hamper the livelihood of the region ( Sajan et al., 2018).