Biology:Pomacea zischkai

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Short description: Species of gastropod

Pomacea zischkai
Scientific classification
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Gastropoda
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Pomacea
Species:
P. zischkai
Binomial name
Pomacea zischkai
(Blume & Pain, 1952)

Pomacea zischkai 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]

Etymoloogy

P. zischkai is named after Bolivian biologist Rodolfo Zischka, who discovered it.[2]

Distribution

P. zischkai is endemic to Bolivia. It is found in the Chapare region, at an altitude of 400 m.[3]

References

Wikidata ☰ Q16988406 entry