Pomacea

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Pomacea
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A live individual of Pomacea bridgesii
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Phylum:
Class:
(unranked):
clade Caenogastropoda
informal group Architaenioglossa
Superfamily:
Family:
Subfamily:
Ampullariinae
Tribe:
Ampullariini
Genus:
Pomacea

Perry, 1810 [1]
Synonyms [2]
  • Ampullaria (Limnopomus) Dall, 1904
  • Ampullaria (Pomacea) Perry, 1810
  • Ampullarius (Effusa) Jousseaume, 1889
  • Ampullarius (Limnopomus) Dall, 1904
  • Asolene (Surinamia) Clench, 1933
  • Effusa Jousseaume, 1889
  • Limnopomus Dall, 1904
  • Pomacea (Effusa) Jousseaume, 1889
  • Pomacea (Pomacea) Perry, 1810
  • Pomacea (Surinamia) Clench, 1933

Pomacea is a genus of freshwater snails with gills and an operculum, aquatic gastropod mollusks in the family Ampullariidae, the apple snails. The genus is native to the Americas; most species in this genus are restricted to South America.

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In the aquarium trade these snails are sometimes called Pomacea or incorrectly Ampullarius, and in English as "[color] mystery snail" or "apple snail".

Some species have been introduced outside their native range and are considered invasive because of their voracious appetite for plants. Because of this, imports involving this genus are restricted in some regions (including the United States) and are entirely banned in others (including the EU). [3]

Species

Species in the genus Pomacea include:

subgenus Effusa Jousseaume, 1889

subgenus Pomacea Perry, 1810

As invasive species

Because of the potential to destroy aquatic and marsh vegetation in the wild, the European Union has banned all imports of snails from the family Ampullariidae, which includes the genus Pomacea. [3]

Similarly, the United States prohibits all members of Ampullariidae except one from being imported or transported interstate, except with a permit for the purposes of research. The sole exception to this is Pomacea diffusa (formerly P. bridgesii ) as it is not known to be an agricultural pest. [11]

Related Research Articles

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Ampullariidae</span> Family of gastropods

Ampullariidae, whose members are commonly known as apple snails, is a family of large freshwater snails that includes the mystery snail species. They are aquatic gastropod mollusks with a gill and an operculum. These snails simultaneously have a gill and a lung as functional respiratory structures, which are separated by a division of the mantle cavity. This adaptation allows these animals to be amphibious. Species in this family are considered gonochoristic, meaning that each individual organism is either male or female.

<i>Bulla</i> (gastropod) Genus of gastropods

Bulla is a genus of medium to large hermaphrodite sea snails, shelled marine opisthobranch gastropod molluscs. These herbivorous snails are in the suborder Cephalaspidea, headshield slugs, and the order Opisthobranchia.

<i>Megalobulimus</i> Genus of gastropods

Megalobulimus is a genus of air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial gastropod mollusk in the subfamily Megalobuliminae within the family Strophocheilidae.

<i>Bursa</i> (gastropod) Genus of gastropods

Bursa is a genus of large sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the family Bursidae, the frog snails or frog shells.

<i>Pomacea bridgesii</i> Species of gastropod

Pomacea bridgesii, common name the spike-topped apple snail or mystery snail, is a South American species of freshwater snail with gills and an operculum, an aquatic gastropod mollusk in the family Ampullariidae. These snails were most likely introduced to the United States through the aquarium trade.

<i>Pila</i> (gastropod) Genus of gastropods

Pila is a genus of large freshwater snails with an operculum, African and Asian apple snails, aquatic gastropod mollusks in the family Ampullariidae, the apple snails.

<i>Pomacea diffusa</i> Species of gastropod

Pomacea diffusa, common name the spike-topped apple snail, is a species of freshwater snail, an aquatic gastropod mollusk in the family Ampullariidae, the apple snails.

<i>Orthalicus</i> Genus of gastropods

Orthalicus is a genus of land snails in the family Orthalicidae.

<i>Asolene</i> Genus of gastropods

Asolene is a genus of freshwater snails with an operculum, aquatic gastropod mollusks in the family Ampullariidae, the apple snails.

<i>Auris</i> (gastropod) Genus of gastropods

Auris is a genus of small to medium-sized tropical or sub-tropical, air-breathing land snails, pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the subfamily Bulimulinae within the family Bulimulidae.

<i>Pomacea decussata</i> Species of snail

Pomacea decussata is a species of freshwater snail in the family Ampullariidae.

Pomacea sinamarina is a species of freshwater snail in the Ampullariidae family. It was first described in 1792 by Jean Guillaume Bruguière as Bulimus sinamarinus. Its distribution includes French Guiana and Suriname.

Pomacea auriformis is a species of freshwater snail in the family Ampullariidae, described by Lovell Augustus Reeve in 1856 as Ampullaria auriformis. Its distribution is along the Caribbean coast of Central America. There has been debate over whether this species may be a subspecies of Ampullaria hopetonensis.

References

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  4. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 IUCN 2014. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2014.1. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 01 July 2014.
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  6. MolluscaBase eds. "Pomacea commissionis (Ihering, 1898)". MolluscaBase . Retrieved 2022-01-11.{{cite web}}: |author= has generic name (help)
  7. Cazzaniga, N. J. (2002). "Old species and new concepts in the taxonomy of Pomacea (Gastropoda: Ampullariidae)". Biocell. 26 (1): 71–81. PMID   12058383. PDF
  8. Hayes K. A., Cowie R. H., Thiengo S. C. & Strong E. E. (2012). "Comparing apples with apples: clarifying the identities of two highly invasive Neotropical Ampullariidae (Caenogastropoda)". Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 166(4): 723–753. {{doi:10.1111/j.1096-3642.2012.00867.x}}.
  9. Vázquez A. A. & Perera S. (2010). "Endemic Freshwater molluscs of Cuba and their conservation status". Tropical Conservation Science 3(2): 190–199. HTM, PDF.
  10. "WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Pomacea sinamarina (Bruguière, 1792)". www.marinespecies.org. Retrieved 2022-01-12.
  11. "Snails and Slugs". Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service. June 10, 2021. Retrieved January 11, 2022.