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curiosity number 026
Stefano Pace
The world's largest landsnail
     It 's Achatina fulica (Fèrussac, 1821), whose shell can safely exceed 20 centimeters in length. Endemic in East Africa, has been exported to different parts of the world and raised both for food and as animal pet. But in some cases it is played out of proportion, so as to end up in the list of 100 most harmful alien species in the world.