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Pomacea poeyana

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Species of gastropod

Pomacea poeyana
shell of Pomacea poeyana
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Architaenioglossa
Family: Ampullariidae
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.

References

  1. 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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Pomacea poeyana
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