Euglandina rosea

Euglandina rosea
A live individual of Euglandina rosea
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Order: Stylommatophora
Family: Spiraxidae
Genus: Euglandina
Species:
E. rosea
Binomial name
Euglandina rosea
(Ferussac, 1818)
Synonyms
  • Achatina rosea Férussac, 1821 (original combination)
  • Glandina bullata Gould, 1848
  • Glandina corneola W. G. Binney, 1857
  • Glandina parallela W. G. Binney, 1857
  • Glandina truncata Say, 1831
  • Glandina truncata var. abbreviata Martens in Albers, 1860
  • Glandina truncata var. macer Dall, 1890
  • Glandina truncata var. minor W. G. Binney, 1885
  • Glandina truncata var. minor Pilsbry, 1899
  • Glandina truncata var. ovata Dall, 1890
  • Helix (Cochlicopa) rosea Férussac, 1821

Euglandina rosea, the rosy wolfsnail or 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, Lissachatina fulica. This snail is responsible for the extinction of an estimated eight native snail species in Hawaii. This has caused the snail to be added to the IUCN's top 100 most invasive species.