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Tropical Tramp

Beckianum beckianum (L. Pfeiffer, 1846)

Status not recordedsnails and slugs

The tropical tramp (Beckianum beckianum) is a species in the family Achatinidae.

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Quick facts about the tropical tramp

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 tropical tramp live?

Not recorded

Where has it been introduced?

The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species lists the tropical tramp as introduced in 2 countries.

  1. French Polynesia
  2. United States

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 tropical tramp 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 tropical tramp classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumMollusca
  3. classGastropoda
  4. familyAchatinidae
  5. genusBeckianum
  6. SpeciesBeckianum beckianum (L. Pfeiffer, 1846)

Synonyms Bulimus beckianus, Bulimus caracasensis, Bulimus caraccasensis, Diaopeas beckianum, Opeas beckiana, Opeas caracasensis, Stenogyra caracasensis, Stenogyra caraccasensis, Synopeas beckianum, Synopeas caracasensis

Other names and names in other languages (2)
  • Beck's awlsnailEnglish
  • Bulime de BeckFrench

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of the tropical tramp

Other species in the same genus Beckianum.

CompareTropical Tramp vs Beckianum regulareTropical Tramp vs Beckianum sinistrum

Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

Is the tropical tramp an invasive species?

The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species lists the tropical tramp as introduced in 2 countries: French Polynesia and United States, 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). Tropical Tramp (Beckianum beckianum). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/tropical-tramp

MLA

“Tropical Tramp (Beckianum beckianum).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/tropical-tramp.

BibTeX
@misc{tropical_tramp_2026,
  title = {Tropical Tramp (Beckianum beckianum)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/tropical-tramp},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-14}
}