Pomacea catamarcensis

Pomacea catamarcensis is a South American species of freshwater snail with gills and an operculum, an aquatic gastropod mollusc in the family Ampullariidae, the apple snails.[1][2]

Pomacea catamarcensis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Caenogastropoda
informal group Architaenioglossa
Superfamily:
Ampullarioidea
Family:
Ampullariidae
Genus:
Pomacea
Subgenus:
Pomacea
Species:
P. catamarcensis
Binomial name
Pomacea catamarcensis
(Sowerby III, 1875)
Synonyms
  • Ampullaria catamarcensis G. B. Sowerby III, 1875 (original combination)
  • Pomacea (Pomacea) catamarcensis (G. B. Sowerby III, 1875) · accepted, alternate representation

Distribution

P. catamarcensis is endemic to Peru.[3]

References
  1. Pastorino, G. & Darrigan, G. (2011). "Pomacea catamarcensis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2011. Retrieved 27 March 2014.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
  2. Bouchet, P. (2013). "Pomacea catamarcensis (G. B. Sowerby III, 1875)". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 27 March 2014.
  3. Cowie R.H. & Thiengo S.C. (2003). "The apple snails of the Americas (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Ampullariidae: Asolene, Felipponea, Marisa, Pomacea, Pomella): A nomenclatural and type catalog". Malacologia. 45 (1): 41–100. Retrieved 24 March 2014.


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