Biology:Pomacea prunella

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Short description: Species of snail

Pomacea prunella
Scientific classification edit
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
Louis Hippolyte Hupé (fr), 1857
Synonyms[1]
  • Ampullaria prunella Hupé, 1857 (original combination)

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

Wikidata ☰ Q107024010 entry