Euglandina rosea
invasiveSpiraxidae

Euglandina rosea

Rosy Wolfsnail

Euglandina rosea, common names the rosy wolfsnail or the cannibal snail, is a species of medium-sized to large predatory air-breathing land snail, a carnivorous terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Spiraxidae. This species is a fast and voracious predator, hunting and eating other snails and slugs. The rosy wolfsnail was introduced into Hawaii in 1955 as a biological control for the invasive African land snail, Achatina fulica. This snail is responsible for the extinction of

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Where documented · 83 ahupuaʻa
documented occurrences · iNaturalist + GBIF · iNaturalist 197 · GBIF 288 records
Waikīkī · OʻahuiNat 52 · GBIF 66
Honolulu · OʻahuiNat 32 · GBIF 52
Wailua · KauaʻiiNat 7 · GBIF 12
Kāneʻohe · OʻahuiNat 5 · GBIF 14
Waiʻanae · OʻahuiNat 7 · GBIF 7
Waimea · OʻahuiNat 6 · GBIF 8
Kōloa · KauaʻiiNat 6 · GBIF 6
Hāʻena · KauaʻiiNat 5 · GBIF 6
Kahaliʻi · HawaiʻiiNat 6 · GBIF 5
Wailuku · MauiiNat 3 · GBIF 5
Hanalei · KauaʻiiNat 5 · GBIF 3
Pāʻā · KauaʻiiNat 3 · GBIF 4
South Olohena · KauaʻiiNat 4 · GBIF 3
Kaʻena · OʻahuiNat 1 · GBIF 5
Alakahi · HawaiʻiiNat 4 · GBIF 2
Honokahua · MauiiNat 1 · GBIF 4
Wainiha · KauaʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 4
Paumalū · OʻahuiNat 1 · GBIF 4
ʻAlaeiki · MauiiNat 3 · GBIF 1
Lepeuli · KauaʻiiNat 2 · GBIF 2
Honopou · MauiiNat 2 · GBIF 2
Lāwai · KauaʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 3
Nāpili 2-3 · MauiiNat 2 · GBIF 1
Maunalua · OʻahuiNat 1 · GBIF 2
Hālawa · OʻahuiNat 1 · GBIF 2
Hanakoa · KauaʻiiNat 2 · GBIF 1
Kalihiwai · KauaʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 2
Kēōkea · HawaiʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 2
Kapaʻa · KauaʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 2
Waipouli · KauaʻiiNat 2 · GBIF 1
Waipiʻo · OʻahuiNat 1 · GBIF 2
Hanamāʻulu · KauaʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 1
Kaʻawaloa · HawaiʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 1
Waimea · KauaʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 1
Kuliʻouʻou · OʻahuiNat 1 · GBIF 1
Kailua · OʻahuiNat 1 · GBIF 1
Waimānalo · OʻahuiNat 1 · GBIF 1
Keʻanae · MauiiNat 1 · GBIF 1
Honokōhau · MauiiNat 1 · GBIF 1
Kualoa 1 · OʻahuiNat 1 · GBIF 1
Paeahu · MauiiNat 1 · GBIF 1
Honomanü · MauiiNat 1 · GBIF 1
Puaʻa 1 · HawaiʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 1
Keʻei 1 · HawaiʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 1
Makapala, Niuliʻi · HawaiʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 1
Nāwiliwili · KauaʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 1
Keʻei 2 · HawaiʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 1