EPPO Global Database

Lissachatina fulica(ACHAFU)

Distribution details in Cuba

Situation
Current pest situation evaluated by EPPO on the basis of information dated 2014: Present, no details
First recorded in: 2014
Comments
First found in July 2014 in the municipality of Arroyo Naranjo (near la Havana), it then spread to adjoining localities in 2014/2015.
References
* INTERNET
Instituto de Medicina Tropical Pedro Kouri. Introducción del caracol gigante Africano, vector de meningoencefalitis eosinofílica en una zona urbana de La Habana by AA Vazquez Perera and J Sanchez Noda (dated 2014-08-06). http://instituciones.sld.cu/ipk/introduccion-del-caracol-gigante-africano-vector-de-meningoencefalitis-eosinofilica-en-una-zona-urbana-de-la-habana/

* Vázquez AA, Sánchez J, Martínez E, Alba A (2017) Facilitated invasion of an overseas invader: human mediated settlement and expansion of the giant African snail, Lissachatina fulica, in Cuba. Biological Invasions 19(1), 1-4.
------- Found in 13 additional sites (in 2014/2015), showing rapid spread to adjoining localities.