Crops > Vegetables > Crucifers > Chinese cabbage > Paropeas achatinaceum, FSM

July 2006. This snail, photographed in Pohnpei, Federated States of Micronesia, was identified by David Robinson (USDA) as likely to be Paropeas achatinaceum (L Pfeiffer, 1846). It is a member of the Subulinidae. According to farmers, the snails appear in large number and cause significant damage to Chinese cabbage.

Information on Paropeas achatinaceum was requested.