Research Journal of Science and Technology

  • Year: 2017
  • Volume: 9
  • Issue: 3

Prevalence of land snail Achatina fulica (Stylommatophora: Achatinidae) in the Pt. Ravishankar Shukla University Campus

Human Resource Development Centre, Pt. Ravishankar Shukla University, Raipur-492 010

Abstract

The study was conducted on the campus of Pt. Ravishankar Shukla University, Raipur (Lat.: 21º 14´N; Long.: 81º 38´E in the month of March to October 2013. Frequency of Achatina fulica (Stylommatophora: Achatinidae) in the Pt. Ravishankar Shukla University Campus was observed manually. Maximum outbreak of frequency occurred in this campus between July to October.

Keywords

Land snail, hermaphrodites, outbreak, Calotropis procera, root bark