Pomacea glauca

Pomacea glauca
Apertural view of a shell of Pomacea glauca
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
(unranked):	clade Caenogastropoda informal group Architaenioglossa
Superfamily:	Ampullarioidea
Family:	Ampullariidae
Genus:	Pomacea
Subgenus:	Effusa
Species:	P. glauca
Binomial name
Pomacea glauca (Linnaeus, 1758)

Pomacea glauca is a species of freshwater snail, an aquatic gastropod mollusk in the family Ampullariidae, the apple snails.

The species varies greatly in color, shape and size, growing to around 70 mm. Its colors include a pale yellow with brown spiral bands to darker shades of brown or purple with darker bands.

Distribution

The species is found in the Dominican Republic, the Lesser Antilles and northern South America including Venezuela, Colombia,^[2] Brazil and on the West Indian island of Dominica.^[3]

Ecology

This snail generally inhabits clean, clear water, where it can reach high population densities. The eggs are bright green and around the size of a small pea.^[2]

References

1. Pastorino, G. & Darrigan, G. (2011). "Pomacea glauca". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2014.1. International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved 1 July 2014.
2. Perera G. & Walls J. G. (1996) Apple Snails in the Aquarium. T. F. H. Publications Inc., 55-56.
3. (German) Starmühlner F. von (1988). "Ergebnisse der Österreichisch-Französischen Hydrobiologischen Mission 1979 nach Guadeloupe, Dominica und Martinique (Kleine Antillen). Teil II: Beiträge zur Kenntnis der Süß- und Brackwassermollusken von Guadeloupe, Dominica und Martinique". Annalen des Naturhistorischen Museums in Wien Serie B, 90: 221-340. PDF.

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