Gold Coast GastropodsAsian Tramp Snail (Bradybaena similaris) Red Triangle Slug (Triboniophorus graeffei)
Bradybaena similaris is an invasive land snail, that is native to Southeast Asia, that has been accidentally introduced to countries around the world.
A pulmonate gastropod, terrestrial mollusc in the family Bradybaenidae. ‘Pulmonate’ describes various land, freshwater, and marine snails, that belong to the class Gastropoda (phylum Mollusca) that have lost their ancestral gills, instead breathing by means of lung-like pulmonary cavity.
Commonly known as the Asian Trampsnail (sometimes spelt Asian Tramp Snail), its common name is based on how it has spread around the world, by hitching rides on ships such as freight containers.
- Scientific classification
- Kingdom: Animalia
- Phylum: Mollusca
- Class: Gastropoda
- Informal: Orthogastropoda
- Subclass: Heterobranchia
- Infraclass: Euthyneura
- Cohort: Tectipleura
- Informal: Panpulmonata
- Superorder: Eupulmonata
- Order: Stylommatophora
- Suborder: Helicina
- Infraorder: Helicoidei
- Superfamily: Helicoidea
- Family: Camaenidae
- Subfamily: Bradybaeninae
- Genus: Bradybaena
- Species: Bradybaena similaris
Footnote & References
- Photographs © Stefan Jones
- Bradybaena similaris (Férussac, 1821), Asian Trampsnail, Atlas of Living Australia, https://bie.ala.org.au/species/Bradybaena similaris
- Asian Tramp Snail (Bradybaena similaris), iNaturalistAU, https://inaturalist.ala.org.au/taxa/215409-Bradybaena-similaris
Gold Coast GastropodsAsian Tramp Snail (Bradybaena similaris) Red Triangle Slug (Triboniophorus graeffei)
Gold Coast RegionFauna Gastropods Insects Marsupials Spiders
QueenslandQueensland Fauna Gold Coast Region Lamington National Park Southern Downs QLD
