Pomacea quinindensis
Appearance
Pomacea quinindensis | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
Order: | Architaenioglossa |
Family: | Ampullariidae |
Genus: | Pomacea |
Species: | P. quinindensis
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Binomial name | |
Pomacea quinindensis (K. Miller, 1879)
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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
[edit]P. quinindensis is endemic to Ecuador. It is currently known from only a few specimens collected from the Rio Quinindé.[1][3]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c Correoso, M. (2016). "Pomacea quinindensis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T189606A65493893. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-1.RLTS.T189606A65493893.en. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
- ^ Bouchet, P. (2013). "Pomacea quinindensis (K. Miller, 1879)". WoRMS. 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.