Asolene platae

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Asolene platae
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Architaenioglossa
Family: Ampullariidae
Genus: Asolene
Species:
A. platae
Binomial name
Asolene platae
(Maton, 1811)
Synonyms [1]
  • Ampullaria cyclostoma Spix, 1827 · unaccepted
  • Ampullaria elegans d'Orbigny, 1835 · unaccepted
  • Ampullaria naticoides d'Orbigny, 1835 · unaccepted
  • Ampullaria storeria Jay, 1839 · unaccepted
  • Helix platae Maton, 1811 · unaccepted (original combination)

Asolene platae is a species of freshwater snail in the family Ampullariidae, first described by William George Maton in 1811. [1]

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Distribution

The species is native to the Río de la Plata basin. [2] They are also found in the pet trade where they are often sold under the name zebra apple snails. [3]

Reproduction

Asolene platae is a gonochoric species which lays its eggs underwater in a gelatinous mass. [3] [4] [5]

References

  1. 1 2 "Molluscabase - Asolene platae (Maton, 1811)".
  2. ↑ Tiecher, María J.; Seuffert, María E.; Martín, Pablo R. (2015). "Thermal Biology of the South American Apple Snail Asolene platae(Caenogastropoda: Ampullariidae)". Malacologia. 58 (1–2): 233–243. doi:10.4002/040.058.0208. hdl: 11336/6333 . S2CID   86335924.
  3. 1 2 Tiecher, María J.; Burela, Silvana; Martín, Pablo R. (2016). "Life cycle of the South American apple snail Asolene platae(Maton, 1811) (Caenogastropoda: Ampullariidae) under laboratory conditions" . Journal of Molluscan Studies. 82 (3): 432–439. doi: 10.1093/mollus/eyw007 .
  4. ↑ Tiecher, María José; Burela, Silvana; Martín, Pablo Rafael (2017). "First record of colour polymorphism in the Neotropical apple snail Asolene platae: Inheritance mechanism and evidence for multiple paternity" . Molluscan Research. 37 (3): 187–193. doi:10.1080/13235818.2017.1297008. hdl: 11336/58408 . S2CID   91124314.
  5. ↑ Martín, SM; Negrete, LHL (2007). "Radular ultrastructure of South American Ampullariidae (Gastropoda: Prosobranchia)". Brazilian Journal of Biology. 67 (4): 721–726. doi: 10.1590/S1519-69842007000400019 . PMID   18278326.


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