Pila bruguieri

Pila bruguieri
Conservation status
Data Deficient  (IUCN 3.1) [1]
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Architaenioglossa
Family:	Ampullariidae
Genus:	Pila
Species:	P. bruguieri
Binomial name
Pila bruguieri (Deshayes, 1830)
Synonyms
Ampullaria bruguieri Deshayes, 1830 (original combination)

Pila bruguieri is a species of freshwater snail in the family Ampullariidae, the apple snails. ^[2]

Distribution

The type locality is Cayenne, French Guyana ?

Description

The shell can grow quite large, up to 72.5 mm.

References

1. Lange, C.N.; Van Damme, D. (2010). "Pila bruguieri". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2010: e.T17279A6918822. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2010-3.RLTS.T17279A6918822.en . Retrieved 17 November 2021.
2. Pila bruguieri (Deshayes, 1830)) . 29 May 2025. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species .

• Tillier, S., 1980. - Gastéropodes terrestres et fluviatiles de Guyane française. Mémoires du Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle 118: 175 pp, sér. série A, part. Zoologie

External links

• Deshayes, G. P., 1830 - Histoire naturelle des vers. In: Encyclopédie méthodique, vol. 2(1), p. 1-256
• Cowie R.H. & Héros V. (2012). "Annotated catalogue of the types of Ampullariidae (Mollusca, Gastropoda) in the Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle, Paris, with lectotype designations" (PDF). Zoosystema. 34 (4): 797. doi:10.5252/z2012n4a8.
• MNHN, Paris: image