Euglandina rosea
invasiveSpiraxidae

Euglandina rosea

Rosy Wolfsnail

Invasive (non-native)non-native

Introduced and causing ecological or economic harm.

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 ✓