EPPO Global Database

Lissachatina fulica(ACHAFU)

Distribution details in Guadeloupe

Situation
Current pest situation evaluated by EPPO on the basis of information dated 2012: Present, no details
First recorded in: 1980s
Comments
Schotman Report: Trinidad, Fax 017, Message 924/88.

Confirmed by NAPPO Phytosanitary Alert System of 2000-06-09.
References
* From NAPPO
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* Thiengo SC, Faraco FA, Salgado NC, Cowie RH, Fernandez MA (2007) Rapid spread of an invasive snail in South America: the giant African snail, Achatina fulica, in Brasil. Biological Invasions 9, 693-702.

* Van Buurt G, Debrot AO (2012) Introduced agricultural pests, plant and animal diseases and vectors in the Dutch Caribbean, with an ‘Alert species’ list. IMARES Wageningen UR (NL) report no. C193/11, 35 pp.
------- Including Marie-Galante.