Pomacea prunella

Pomacea prunella
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Architaenioglossa
Superfamily:	Ampullarioidea
Family:	Ampullariidae
Subfamily:	Pomaceinae
Genus:	Pomacea
Species:	P. prunella
Binomial name
	Pomacea prunella; Hupé [ fr ], 1857
Synonyms
	Ampullaria prunellaHupé, 1857 (original combination);

Last updated May 29, 2025

Pomacea prunella is a species of freshwater snail in the family Ampullariidae.^[1] It is known from Brazil ^[1]^[2] and French Guiana.^[2]^[3] Unlike other New World Ampullariids, P. prunella has a calcified, rather than corneous, operculum.^[2]^[4]

References

1 2 3 Bieler R, Bouchet P, Gofas S, Marshall B, Rosenberg G, La Perna R, Neubauer TA, Sartori AF, Schneider S, Vos C, ter Poorten JJ, Taylor J, Dijkstra H, Finn J, Bank R, Neubert E, Moretzsohn F, Faber M, Houart R, Picton B, Garcia-Alvarez O, eds. (2025). "Pomacea prunella (Hupé, 1857)". MolluscaBase. World Register of Marine Species . Retrieved 21 January 2025.
1 2 3 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 [60].
↑ "Pomacea prunella (Hupé, 1857)". Global Biodiversity Information Facility . Retrieved 21 January 2025.
↑ Cowie, Robert H.; Héros, Virginie (December 2012). "Annotated catalogue of the types of Ampullariidae (Mollusca, Gastropoda) in the Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle, Paris, with lectotype designations" . Zoosystema. 34 (4): 793–824. doi:10.5252/z2012n4a8. S2CID 85073646.

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[WoRMS-1] 1 2 3 Bieler R, Bouchet P, Gofas S, Marshall B, Rosenberg G, La Perna R, Neubauer TA, Sartori AF, Schneider S, Vos C, ter Poorten JJ, Taylor J, Dijkstra H, Finn J, Bank R, Neubert E, Moretzsohn F, Faber M, Houart R, Picton B, Garcia-Alvarez O, eds. (2025). "Pomacea prunella (Hupé, 1857)". MolluscaBase. World Register of Marine Species . Retrieved 21 January 2025.

[Cowie_and_Thiengo_2003-2] 1 2 3 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 [60].

[3] "Pomacea prunella (Hupé, 1857)". Global Biodiversity Information Facility . Retrieved 21 January 2025.

[4] Cowie, Robert H.; Héros, Virginie (December 2012). "Annotated catalogue of the types of Ampullariidae (Mollusca, Gastropoda) in the Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle, Paris, with lectotype designations" . Zoosystema. 34 (4): 793–824. doi:10.5252/z2012n4a8. S2CID 85073646.

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