The flower snail, known as the African giant snail (scientific name: Achatina Fulica) is a medium to large land snail. Adult shell length is generally 7 to 8 centimeters, the largest can grow to more than 20 centimeters. Nocturnal and omnivorous, they are mostly active in humid environments, preferring to hang out in the rain and at night. Usually hide in a cool place, and make a layer of white film on the mouth of the shell (false mouth cover), only a small hole to breathe, the snail meat into the shell to prevent dehydration, and then come out when the environment turns good.
Flower snail in Guangdong is commonly known as "flower snail", "east wind snail", "sea pig snail" and "south wind snail ". Its meat is delicious, crisp and refreshing, is the domestic and foreign markets in recent years is very best-selling high-quality seafood shellfish.
Dongfeng snail belongs to the mollusc gastropod gastropods moth snail family Dongfeng snail genus, distributed in China's east and south coast, Southeast Asia and Japan are also distributed; China's main types of square spot Dongfeng snail babylonia areolata, mud Dongfeng snail babylonia lutosa and Taiwan Dongfeng snail babylonia formosae three kinds.
The east wind snail is considered to be one of the most promising species of mariculture, and in recent years it has been accepted by farmers and gradually formed a production scale along the southeast coast. The South China Sea Fisheries Research Institute carried out a scientific research experiment on the artificial nursery culture of Dongfeng snail along the coast of Guangdong from 2000 to 2002. This paper reports on the development of Dongfeng snail aquaculture biology and artificial culture, aiming to provide scientific and technological guarantee for the sustainable development of Dongfeng snail aquaculture industry in the future.