What Animal Lives Where

Where has the The eight-whorled Achatina been recorded?

Subulina octona occurrence evidence comes from 709 records in 57 countries and territories, from 1889 to 2025. Most records come from Costa Rica.

GastropodaStylommatophoraAchatinidaeSubulina

Observation evidence passport

Evidence found

709 records across 57 countries and territories, 1889–2025.

Subulina octona · GBIF taxon key 5190486

Source coverage

CC0 GBIF Animalia occurrence facets, including country, month and year summaries.

Refreshed 2026-09-23. Inspect the taxon on GBIF.

What this means

The species has been recorded in the listed places in the stated source universe. Peak month: May.

12 months reach at least 10% of the peak facet count.

What this does not mean

repeated describes the record pattern, not a formal range, residency, abundance or conservation assessment.

A single record remains evidence of a recording, not proof that a population lives there.

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When it is recorded

JFMAMJJASOND

Peak month: May. Records cluster in the months an animal is present and being looked for, so a summer peak can reflect observer effort as much as the animal.

Records over time

18892025

Recording effort has risen steeply almost everywhere since the 1990s, so a rising line usually shows more observers rather than more animals.

Where The eight-whorled Achatina has been recorded

The countries below show where occurrence evidence exists for The eight-whorled Achatina. They do not define a complete habitat range: survey effort differs by place, and historical or one-off records can appear alongside repeated presence.

PlaceRecordsShare
Costa Rica 172
United States 160
Samoa 51
French Polynesia 39
Dominica 26
American Samoa 23
Jamaica 20
Bermuda 18
Sweden 17
Puerto Rico 15
Australia 14
Cuba 13
Vanuatu 13
Northern Mariana Islands 11
Madagascar 9
Dominican Republic 6
Brazil 5
Ecuador 5
Grenada 5
Guatemala 5
Fiji 4
Italy 4
Malaysia 4
Nicaragua 4
Peru 4
Papua New Guinea 4
US Virgin Islands 4
Bonaire 3
Bahamas 3
Guam 3
Haiti 3
Mexico 3
New Caledonia 3
Panama 3
Solomon Islands 3
Seychelles 3
Trinidad & Tobago 3
Guadeloupe 2
Montserrat 2
Philippines 2

Showing the top 40 of 57 places.

Record pattern: repeated
Repeated records across many years and months. This is inferred from how many years and months the animal appears in, not from a range map — treat it as evidence, not a formal assessment.