Biology:Pomacea vexillum

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Short description: Species of gastropod

Pomacea vexillum
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Phylum:
Class:
Gastropoda
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Family:
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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. 1.0 1.1 Pastorino, G.; Darrigan, G. (2011). "Pomacea vexillum". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species (IUCN) 2011: e.T189525A8743877. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2011-2.RLTS.T189525A8743877.en. http://www.iucnredlist.org/details/189525/0. Retrieved 11 January 2018. 
  2. 2.0 2.1 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. https://archive.org/stream/cbarchive_126210_theapplesnailsoftheamericasmol1962/theapplesnailsoftheamericasmol1962#page/n37/mode/2up. Retrieved 28 March 2014. 
  3. Simone, L. R. L. (2006). Land and Freshwater Molluscs of Brazil. São Paulo: FAPESP. ISBN 85-906670-0-6. 
  4. "Pomacea vexillum". Malacology collection. Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia. http://clade.ansp.org/malacology/collections/search.php?submitbut=Search&name=Pomacea+vexillum. 

External links

Wikidata ☰ Q16988401 entry