Pomacea quinindensis

Pomacea quinindensis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Architaenioglossa
Family: Ampullariidae
Genus: Pomacea
Species:
P. quinindensis
Binomial name
Pomacea quinindensis
(K. Miller, 1879)

Pomacea quinindensis is a South American species of freshwater snail with gills and an operculum, an aquatic gastropod mollusc in the family Ampullariidae, the apple snails.

Distribution

P. quinindensis is endemic to Ecuador. It is currently known from only a few specimens collected from the Rio Quinindé.

References

  1. 1 2 3 Correoso, M. (2016). "Pomacea quinindensis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016 e.T189606A65493893. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-1.RLTS.T189606A65493893.en. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
  2. ↑ Bouchet, P. (2013). "Pomacea quinindensis (K. Miller, 1879)". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 27 March 2014.
  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. Retrieved 27 March 2014.