White Garden Snail, Theba pisana (Müller) (Gastropoda: Helicidae)

Jane E. Deisler, Lionel A. Stange, and Thomas R. Fasulo

Release Date: 4/22/2025

Agriculture

Abstract

The Featured Creatures collection provides in-depth profiles of insects, nematodes, arachnids and other organisms relevant to Florida. These profiles are intended for the use of interested laypersons with some knowledge of biology as well as academic audiences.

About this Publication

This document is EENY-197 (originally published as DPI Entomology Circular 2), one of a series of the Department of Entomology and Nematology, UF/IFAS Extension. Original publication date March 2001. Revised August 2011, December 2012, September 2021, and October 2024. Visit the EDIS website at https://edis.ifas.ufl.edu for the currently supported version of this publication. This document is also available on the Featured Creatures website at http://entnemdept.ifas.ufl.edu/creatures/.

About the Authors

Jane E. Deisler, museum curator, Corpus Christi Museum; Lionel A. Stange, Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services, Division of Plant Industry; and Thomas R. Fasulo, retired scientist, Department of Entomology and Nematology; UF/IFAS Extension, Gainesville, FL 32611.

Authors

Thomas R. Fasulo

retired scientist, UF/IFAS Department of Entomology and Nematology

Lionel Stange

emeritus entomologist, Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services, Division of Plant Industry; former courtesy professor, UF/IFAS Department of Entomology and Nematology, Gainesville, FL

Jane Deisler

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Contacts

Elena Rhodes

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University of Florida

biological scientist III, Department of Entomology and Nematology