The African giant snail, also known as the brown cloud agate snail, African giant snail, vegetable snail, flower snail, etc., is a soft bodied animal belonging to the Agate snail family. The African giant snail is a medium to large terrestrial snail. The African giant snail is distributed in Guangdong, Hong Kong, Yunnan, Guangxi, Fujian, and Taiwan in China. The Zanzibar and Pemba Islands along the East African coast are the original habitats of the African giant snail. The African giant snail is a global agricultural pest that has had a significant impact and harm on China's native species, ecological environment, and socio-economic development. It is the intermediate host of many human and animal parasites and pathogens, especially for the transmission of tuberculosis and eosinophilic meningitis.