Pomacea quinindensis
| Pomacea quinindensis | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| (unranked): | clade Caenogastropoda informal group Architaenioglossa |
| Superfamily: | Ampullarioidea |
| Family: | Ampullariidae |
| Genus: | Pomacea |
| Subgenus: | Effusa |
| Species: | P. quinindensis |
| Binomial name | |
| Pomacea quinindensis (K. Miller, 1879) | |
Pomacea quinindensis 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. quinindensis is endemic to Ecuador. It is currently known from only a few specimens collected from the Rio Quinindé.[1][3]
References
- 1 2 3 Pastorino, G. & Darrigan, G. (2011). "Pomacea quinindensis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2013.2. International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved 27 March 2014.
- ↑ Bouchet, P. (2013). "Pomacea quinindensis (K. Miller, 1879)". World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 27 March 2014.
- ↑ 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 27 March 2014.
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