Pomacea catamarcensis

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) ยท accepted, alternate representation

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]

Distribution

P. catamarcensis is endemic to Peru.[3]

References

  1. 1 2 Pastorino, G. & Darrigan, G. (2011). "Pomacea catamarcensis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2013.2. International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved 27 March 2014.
  2. โ†‘ Bouchet, P. (2013). "Pomacea catamarcensis (G. B. Sowerby III, 1875)". World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 27 March 2014.
  3. โ†‘ 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): 41โ€“100. Retrieved 24 March 2014.


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