Class: Gasteropoda
Order: Pulmonata
Suborder: Eupulmonata
Family: Achatinidae
Genre: Achatina
Achatina fulica:
Gasteropode African small, an adult who lives about eight years can reach 15-20 cm in shell. The color is generally darker with warm tones and white streaks, while the body is lighter.
Breeding:
Gastropoda sufficiently simple farm thanks to their simple reproduction. are fond of high temperatures (25 ° C) below 10 ° C die. They need a rich substrate of land in which they usually bury. Maintain high humidity inside the shrine housing with a spray of water daily.
The power is very broad, like vegetables and fruits of any kind even if each piece has its own tastes. They need a calcium supplement to strengthen their shells that can be used with specific feeding powders or providing them with a cuttlefish bone to be chewed.
Reproduction:
On reaching the 6-7th month of life that exceeded 6 cm in shell length of snails are sexually mature. These specimens are hermaphrodites, ie they can be both male and female, but they are not self-sufficient, they therefore need a pair for the fertilization of eggs.
The eggs are then laid in piles under the soil layer, Oedipus will start 10-20 days to hatch, small mangiandono come out of the egg, and then will be on the surface. 
