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Pomacea eximia

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Pomacea eximia
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Architaenioglossa
Family: Ampullariidae
Genus: Pomacea
Species:
P. eximia
Binomial name
Pomacea eximia
(Dunker, 1853)
Synonyms[2]
  • Ampullaria cassidiformis Reeve, 1856
  • Ampullaria eximia Dunker, 1853 (original combination)
  • Pomacea (Pomacea) eximia (Dunker, 1853) · accepted, alternate representation

Pomacea eximia 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

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P. eximia is endemic to Venezuela.[3]

References

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  1. ^ a b Pastorino, G. & Darrigan, G. (2011). "Pomacea eximia". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2011. IUCN: e.T189459A8735203. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2011-2.RLTS.T189459A8735203.en. Retrieved 11 January 2018.
  2. ^ a b Bouchet, P. (2013). "Pomacea eximia (Dunker, 1853)". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 27 March 2014.
  3. ^ 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.