Pila ampullacea
| Pila ampullacea | |
|---|---|
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| The shell and operculum of Pila ampullacea | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| (unranked): | clade Caenogastropoda informal group Architaenioglossa |
| Superfamily: | Ampullarioidea |
| Family: | Ampullariidae |
| Subfamily: | Ampullariinae |
| Tribe: | Ampullariini |
| Genus: | Pila |
| Species: | Pila ampullacea (Linnaeus, 1758) |
Pila ampullacea, is a species of freshwater snail with an operculum, an aquatic gastropod mollusk in the family Ampullariidae, the apple snails.
As food
Pila ampullacea, together with Pila pesmei, are indigenous rice field snail species traditionally eaten in Thailand that have been displaced by the invasive Golden Apple Snail, Pomacea canaliculata.[1]
See also
References
- ↑ Heavy Predation on Freshwater Bryozoans by the Golden Apple Snail, Pomacea canaliculata Lamarck, 1822 (Ampullariidae); The Natural History Journal of Chulalongkorn University 6(1): 31-36, May 2006
External links
Media related to Pila ampullacea at Wikimedia Commons- Applesnail.net info
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