Pomacea vexillum
| Pomacea vexillum | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| (unranked): | clade Caenogastropoda informal group Architaenioglossa |
| Superfamily: | Ampullarioidea |
| Family: | Ampullariidae |
| Genus: | Pomacea |
| Subgenus: | Pomacea |
| Species: | P. vexillum |
| Binomial name | |
| Pomacea vexillum (Reeve, 1856) | |
Pomacea vexillum is a South American species of freshwater snail with gills and an operculum, an aquatic gastropod mollusc in the family Ampullariidae, the apple snails.[1]
Taxonomic note
P. vexillum is considered a synonym of P. puncticulata by some authors.[2]
Distribution
P. vexillum is known from Venezuela[2][3] and Guyana.[4]
References
- 1 2 Pastorino, G. & Darrigan, G. (2011). "Pomacea vexillum". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2013.2. International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved 28 March 2014.
- 1 2 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. Retrieved 28 March 2014.
- ↑ Simone, L. R. L. (2006). Land and Freshwater Molluscs of Brazil. São Paulo: FAPESP. ISBN 85-906670-0-6.
- ↑ "Pomacea vexillum". Malacology collection. Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia. Retrieved 28 March 2014.
External links
- "Pomacea vexillum (Reeve, 1856)". LifeDesks: Ampullariidae. Retrieved 28 March 2014.
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