Pomacea ocanensis

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Pomacea ocanensis
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Architaenioglossa
Superfamily: Ampullarioidea
Family: Ampullariidae
Subfamily: Pomaceinae
Genus: Pomacea
Species:
P. ocanensis
Binomial name
Pomacea ocanensis
Kobelt, 1914
Synonyms [2]
  • Ampullaria auriformis var. ocanensis Kobelt, 1914 (original description)

Pomacea ocanensis is a species of freshwater snail in the Ampullariidae family. Wilhelm Kobelt originally described the species as a subspecies of Ampullaria auriformis in 1914. [2]

It is native to Colombia and resides in the shallow margins of the Magdalena River near Ocaña, Norte de Santander. [1]

A critically endangered species, P. ocanensis faces threats of declining habitat quality due to urbanization, local water management, and pollution. [1] It is the only member of Pomacea considered Endangered or Critically Endangered by the IUCN and one of only two Ampullariids to be Critically Endangered. [3]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 "Pomacea ocanensis". IUCN Red List . Retrieved January 12, 2022.
  2. 1 2 "Pomacea ocanensis (Kobelt, 1914)". MolluscaBase eds. MolluscaBase. Retrieved 2022-01-12.
  3. Lydeard, Charles; Cummings, Kevin S. (2019-04-02). Freshwater Mollusks of the World: A Distribution Atlas. JHU Press. p. 39. ISBN   978-1-4214-2732-4.