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Pomacea auriformis

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Species of snail

Pomacea auriformis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
(disputed)
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Architaenioglossa
Superfamily: Ampullarioidea
Family: Ampullariidae
Subfamily: Pomaceinae
Genus: Pomacea
Species: P. auriformis
Binomial name
Pomacea auriformis
Reeve, 1856
Synonyms
  • Ampullaria auriformis Reeve, 1856 (original combination)
  • Pomacea (Pomacea) auriformis (Reeve, 1856) · accepted, alternate representation

Pomacea auriformis is a species of freshwater snail in the family Ampullariidae, described by Lovell Augustus Reeve in 1856 as Ampullaria auriformis. Its distribution is along the Caribbean coast of Central America. There has been debate over whether this species may be a subspecies of Ampullaria hopetonensis.

References

  1. ^ "Pomacea auriformis (Reeve, 1856)". MolluscaBase. Retrieved 2022-01-12.
  2. Thompson, Fred (2011-01-01). "An annotated checklist and bibliography of the land and freshwater snails of Mexico and Central America". Bulletin of the Florida Museum of Natural History. 50.
  3. Cowie, R.; Thiengo, S. (2003). "The apple snails of the Americas (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Ampullariidae: Asolene, Felipponea, Marisa, Pomacea, Pomella): A nomenclatural and type catalog". Malacologia. S2CID 90567451.
Taxon identifiers
Pomacea auriformis
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