Pomacea maculata

Pomacea maculata is a species of large freshwater snail with an operculum, an aquatic gastropod mollusk in the family Ampullariidae, the apple snails.

Pomacea maculata
Apertural view of a shell of Pomacea maculata
Live Pomacea maculata floating and eating a carrot
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Caenogastropoda
informal group Architaenioglossa
Superfamily:
Ampullarioidea
Family:
Ampullariidae
Genus:
Pomacea
Subgenus:
Pomacea
Species:
P. maculata
Binomial name
Pomacea maculata
Perry, 1810
Synonyms

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  • Island apple snail
  • Ampullaria gigas Spix, 1827
  • Ampullaria insularum d'Orbigny, 1835
  • Pomacea insularum (d'Orbigny, 1835)

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The common name of its synonymous name Pomacea insularum is the island applesnail.

Together with Pomacea canaliculata it is the most invasive species of the family Ampullariidae. It is considered as about the 58th worst alien species in Europe.

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