Biology:Pomacea poeyana

Pomacea poeyana
	shell of Pomacea poeyana
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
(unranked):	clade Caenogastropoda; informal group Architaenioglossa
Superfamily:	Ampullarioidea
Family:	Ampullariidae
Subfamily:	Ampullariinae
Tribe:	Ampullariini
Genus:	Pomacea
Species:	P. poeyana
Binomial name
	Pomacea poeyana; (Pilsbry, 1927)

Short description: Species of gastropod

Pomacea poeyana is a species of large freshwater snail with gills and an operculum, an aquatic gastropod mollusk in the family Ampullariidae, the apple snails.

Distribution

Pomacea poeyana is endemic to Cuba, where it is well distributed.^[1]

↑ Vázquez A. A. & Perera S. (2010). "Endemic Freshwater molluscs of Cuba and their conservation status". Tropical Conservation Science 3(2): 190-199. HTM, PDF.

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Pomacea poeyana

shell of Pomacea poeyana
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
(unranked):	clade Caenogastropoda informal group Architaenioglossa
Superfamily:	Ampullarioidea
Family:	Ampullariidae
Subfamily:	Ampullariinae
Tribe:	Ampullariini
Genus:	Pomacea
Species:	P. poeyana
Binomial name
*Pomacea poeyana* (Pilsbry, 1927)