Pomacea poeyana

Pomacea poeyana is a species of large freshwater snail with gills and an operculum, an aquatic gastropod mollusk in the family Ampullariidae, the apple snails.

Pomacea poeyana
shell of Pomacea poeyana
Scientific classification
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Ampullariinae
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Ampullariini
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P. poeyana
Binomial name
Pomacea poeyana
(Pilsbry, 1927)

Distribution

Pomacea poeyana is endemic to Cuba, where it is well distributed.[1]

References

  1. Vázquez A. A. & Perera S. (2010). "Endemic Freshwater molluscs of Cuba and their conservation status". Tropical Conservation Science 3(2): 190-199. HTM, PDF.


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