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Achatina

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Achatina /Ach·a·ti·na/ (ak″ah-ti´nah) a genus of very large land snails, including A. fuli´ca, which serves as an intermediate host of Angiostrongylus cantonensis.


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(4) reported finding no larvae in body fluid washed from 23 Achatina fulica that were infected with A.
The basic form is a ring-shaped cushion of vegetable materials, a little gourd, an Achatina shell, or a wooden figurine.
cantonensis has, in some instances, been linked to the introduction of the African giant land snail, Achatina fulica (5).
 
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