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Photo by Dan Doucette
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Field Notes

Description:

gigantic land snail, 8.3cm diameter see second photo for scale with my camera remote (4.3cm long), possible genus Dyakia.

Habitat:

tropical rainforest

Notes:

I spotted this with Chun Xing Wong on a nighthike in Tawau hills park. It was the first giant land snail I had seen alive in a long time. I more often spot the empty shells.

Species ID Suggestions

Comments (3)
stho002
Possibly genus Dyakia. Note that it is sinistral (unless you have mirror imaged the photos!)
ChunXingWong
You forgot to do a facebug with this one :D By the way, the diameter of this snail's shell is 83mm.

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PublishedApril 1, 2014

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