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How big can One mighty marine snail Giant Ghana snail
FAST FACTS
a snail grow? boasts an even bigger shell length: 12 in (30 cm)
shell. The Australian
trumpet snail has a shell
three times longer than
the giant Ghana snail; the
shell weighs as much as a The biggest land snail was
Gee Geronimo. At 15½ in
three-year-old child.
An eye is (39.3 cm), its body was
situated at Australian trumpet snail shell length: 3 ft (91 cm) longer than a Dachshund.
the tip of
each tentacle.
Giant Ghana snails are native
to several west African countries, not
just Ghana. The average giant snail
grows to around 8 in (20 cm) long and
4 in (10 cm) wide, but larger individuals
can grow to 150 percent that size.
The striped shell
gives the snail its
other common name
of giant tiger snail.
A giant
Ghana snail is
longer than a
child’s open
palms put
together.
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