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Tiger snail

Achatina achatina (Linnaeus, 1758)

Status not recordedsnails and slugs

The tiger snail (Achatina achatina) is a species in the family Achatinidae.

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Quick facts about the tiger 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 tiger snail live?

Not recorded

Where has it been introduced?

The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species lists the tiger snail as introduced in 1 country.

  1. Belgium

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 tiger 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 tiger snail classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumMollusca
  3. classGastropoda
  4. familyAchatinidae
  5. genusAchatina
  6. SpeciesAchatina achatina (Linnaeus, 1758)

Synonyms Achatina achatina, Achatina amphora, Achatina perdix, Achatina variegata, Ampulla bombarda, Ampulla flammea, Ampulla lacteae, Buccinum achatinum, Bulla achatina

Other names and names in other languages (10)
  • Common African snailEnglish
  • Giant Ghana African snailEnglish
  • Giant Ghana snailEnglish
  • Giant Ghana tiger snailEnglish
  • Giant tiger land snailEnglish
  • achatina velkáCzech
  • Echte AchatschneckeGerman
  • Achatina zwyczajnaPolish
  • Обыкновенная ахатинаRussian
  • 瑪瑙螺Chinese

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of the tiger snail

Other species in the same genus Achatina.

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Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

Is the tiger snail an invasive species?

The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species lists the tiger snail as introduced in 1 country: Belgium, but does not flag it as invasive in any of them.

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). Tiger snail (Achatina achatina). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/tiger-snail

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BibTeX
@misc{tiger_snail_2026,
  title = {Tiger snail (Achatina achatina)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/tiger-snail},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-14}
}