Archachatina bicarinata [SEP] IUCN conservation status
on the mountains. Due to the habitat loss, the mass collection of the shells and harvesting the snails for food, "A. bicarinata" is a declining species, classified as vulnerable.
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Archachatina bicarinata
Archachatina bicarinata is a species of air-breathing tropical land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Achatinidae.
Description.
The shell of "A. bicarinata" can reach a length of . This giant shell is always sinistral or reverse-coiled (hence the synonym "A. sinistrorsa").
Distribution.
This species is endemic to São Tomé and Príncipe, off the west coast of Africa in the Gulf of Guinea.
Habitat.
This species lives in the primary rainforest