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Cannibal snail

Euglandina rosea (A. Férussac, 1821)

Status not recordedsnails and slugs

The cannibal snail (Euglandina rosea) is a species in the family Spiraxidae.

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Quick facts about the cannibal snail

Weight
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Lifespan
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Main food
Not recorded
Habitat
Not recorded
Young per litter or clutch
Not recorded
Conservation status
Not recorded
Countries on record
Not recorded

Where does the cannibal snail live?

Not recorded

Where has it been introduced?

The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species lists the cannibal snail as introduced in 17 countries, and flagged as invasive in 13 of them.

  1. Bahamasinvasive
  2. French Polynesiainvasive
  3. Indonesiainvasive
  4. Japaninvasive
  5. Kiribatiinvasive
  6. Mauritiusinvasive
  7. New Caledoniainvasive
  8. Palauinvasive
  9. Samoainvasive
  10. Seychellesinvasive
  11. Solomon Islandsinvasive
  12. Vanuatuinvasive
  13. Wallis & Futunainvasive
  14. Bermuda
  15. China
  16. Mayotte
  17. Sri Lanka

Introduced means brought by people and now present; invasive means the country's checklist records an impact. A species can be native to one part of a country and introduced in another. Source: Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species (CC BY 4.0).

Is the cannibal snail endangered?

No conservation assessment is recorded for this species in our sources. That is not the same as being safe: it has not been matched to an assessment.

How is the cannibal snail classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumMollusca
  3. classGastropoda
  4. familySpiraxidae
  5. genusEuglandina
  6. SpeciesEuglandina rosea (A. Férussac, 1821)

Synonyms Achatina rosea, Euglandina corneola, Glandina bullata, Glandina corneola, Glandina parallela, Glandina rosea, Glandina truncata, Glandina truncata minor, Glandina truncata var. abbreviata, Glandina truncata var. macer, Glandina truncata var. minor, Glandina truncata var. ovata, Helix rosea, Oleacina bullata, Oleacina corneola, Oleacina parallela, Oleacina rosea

Other names and names in other languages (10)
  • Rosy predator snailEnglish
  • Rosy wolfsnailEnglish
  • Rosa RäuberschneckeGerman
  • GlandineFrench
  • ヤマヒタチオビJapanese
  • Caracol-loboPortuguese
  • euglandína ružováSlovak
  • 玫瑰真橡子螺 (玫瑰狼蝸、玫瑰蝸牛)Chinese
  • Escargot carnivoreFrench
  • EuglandineFrench

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of the cannibal snail

Other species in the same genus Euglandina.

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Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

Is the cannibal snail an invasive species?

In some places. The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species flags the cannibal snail as invasive in 13 countries, including Bahamas, French Polynesia, Indonesia, Japan and Kiribati. It lists it as introduced in 17 in all.

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APA

CreatureData. (2026). Cannibal snail (Euglandina rosea). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/cannibal-snail

MLA

“Cannibal snail (Euglandina rosea).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/cannibal-snail.

BibTeX
@misc{cannibal_snail_2026,
  title = {Cannibal snail (Euglandina rosea)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/cannibal-snail},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-14}
}