Biology:Pomacea auriformis

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Short description: Species of snail

Pomacea auriformis
Scientific classification edit
(disputed)
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Architaenioglossa
Superfamily: Ampullarioidea
Family: Ampullariidae
Subfamily: Pomaceinae
Genus: Pomacea
Species:
P. auriformis
Binomial name
Pomacea auriformis
Reeve, 1856
Synonyms[1]
  • Ampullaria auriformis Reeve, 1856 (original combination)
  • Pomacea (Pomacea) auriformis (Reeve, 1856) ยท accepted, alternate representation

Pomacea auriformis is a species of freshwater snail in the family Ampullariidae, described by Lovell Augustus Reeve in 1856 as Ampullaria auriformis.[1] Its distribution is along the Caribbean coast of Central America.[2] There has been debate over whether this species may be a subspecies of Ampullaria hopetonensis.[3]

References

  1. โ†‘ 1.0 1.1 "Pomacea auriformis (Reeve, 1856)". https://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=741376. 
  2. โ†‘ Thompson, Fred (2011-01-01). "An annotated checklist and bibliography of the land and freshwater snails of Mexico and Central America". Bulletin of the Florida Museum of Natural History 50. https://www.researchgate.net/publication/228981068. 
  3. โ†‘ Cowie, R.; Thiengo, S. (2003). "The apple snails of the Americas (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Ampullariidae: Asolene, Felipponea, Marisa, Pomacea, Pomella): A nomenclatural and type catalog" (in en). Malacologia. 

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