Pomacea poeyana
Species of gastropod
| Pomacea poeyana | |
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| shell of Pomacea poeyana | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| (unranked): | clade Caenogastropoda informal group Architaenioglossa |
| Superfamily: | Ampullarioidea |
| Family: | Ampullariidae |
| Subfamily: | Ampullariinae |
| Tribe: | Ampullariini |
| Genus: | Pomacea |
| Species: | P. poeyana |
| Binomial name | |
| Pomacea poeyana (Pilsbry, 1927) | |
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.
Distribution
Pomacea poeyana is endemic to Cuba, where it is well distributed.[1]
References
- ^ 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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