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Subulina snail

Subulina octona (Bruguière, 1789)

Status not recordedsnails and slugs

The subulina snail (Subulina octona) is a species in the family Achatinidae.

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Quick facts about the subulina snail

Weight
Not recorded
Length
Not recorded
Lifespan
Not recorded
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 subulina snail live?

Not recorded

Where has it been introduced?

The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species lists the subulina snail as introduced in 12 countries, and flagged as invasive in 1 of them.

  1. Jamaicainvasive
  2. Ecuador
  3. French Polynesia
  4. Ireland
  5. Japan
  6. Mayotte
  7. Micronesia
  8. Solomon Islands
  9. South Africa
  10. St. Martin
  11. United States
  12. Vanuatu

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 subulina 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 subulina snail classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumMollusca
  3. classGastropoda
  4. familyAchatinidae
  5. genusSubulina
  6. SpeciesSubulina octona (Bruguière, 1789)

Synonyms Achatina octona, Achatina trochlea, Bulimus octona, Bulimus octonus, Opeas doveri, Stenogyra octona, Subulina octana, Subulina octona trochlea, Subulina octona var. strebeli, Subulina octona var. strebeliana, Subulina trochlea

Other names and names in other languages (15)
  • Glossy SubulinaEnglish
  • Miniature awlsnailEnglish
  • The eight-whorled achatinaEnglish
  • Wandering awlsnailEnglish
  • subulína americkáCzech
  • Kleinste TurmschneckeGerman
  • Caracol punzón miniaturaSpanish
  • Bulime octoneFrench
  • SumpilIndonesian
  • Chiocciola errante lucidaItalian
  • オカクチキレガイJapanese
  • sydamerikansk sylsnäckaSwedish
  • หอยข้าวสารยอดมนThai
  • 八褶鑽頭螺Chinese
  • 圓錐蝸牛Chinese

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of the subulina snail

Other species in the same genus Subulina.

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Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

Is the subulina snail an invasive species?

In some places. The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species flags the subulina snail as invasive in 1 country: Jamaica. It lists it as introduced in 12 in all.

Sources and how to cite this page

Data as of 2026-11-14. How this page is put together.

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APA

CreatureData. (2026). Subulina snail (Subulina octona). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/subulina-snail

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“Subulina snail (Subulina octona).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/subulina-snail.

BibTeX
@misc{subulina_snail_2026,
  title = {Subulina snail (Subulina octona)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/subulina-snail},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-14}
}