Pomacea paludosa Temporal range: Pliocene-present
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Colored engraving of a live Pomacea paludosa made by Helen Lawson († 1854) and published in 1845 A monograph of the freshwater univalve Mollusca of the United States: including notices of species in other parts of North America by Samuel Stehman Haldeman. | |
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Pomacea paludosa (
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Pomacea paludosa, common name the Florida applesnail, is a species of freshwater snail with an operculum, an aquatic gastropod mollusk in the family Ampullariidae, the apple snails.
This species is the largest freshwater gastropod native to North America. [3]
The shell is globose in shape. The whorls are wide, the spire is depressed, and the aperture is narrowly oval. [3] The shells are brown in color, and have a pattern of stripes.
The shell is 60 millimetres (2.4 in) in both length and width. [3]
The indigenous distribution of this snail is central and southern Florida, [4] Cuba and Hispaniola. [5]
The nonindigenous distribution includes northern Florida. The species has also been found in Georgia, Oahu, Hawaii (Devick 1991)[ citation needed], Louisiana, and Oklahoma. [5]
This is a tropical species. It is amphibious, and can survive in water bodies that dry out during the dry season. [3]
Applesnails have both gills and lungs.
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Pomacea paludosa Temporal range: Pliocene-present
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Colored engraving of a live Pomacea paludosa made by Helen Lawson († 1854) and published in 1845 A monograph of the freshwater univalve Mollusca of the United States: including notices of species in other parts of North America by Samuel Stehman Haldeman. | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | |
Phylum: | |
Class: | |
(unranked): | |
Superfamily: | |
Family: | |
Genus: | |
Subgenus: | Pomacea
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Species: | P. paludosa
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Binomial name | |
Pomacea paludosa (
Say, 1829)
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Synonyms [2] | |
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Pomacea paludosa, common name the Florida applesnail, is a species of freshwater snail with an operculum, an aquatic gastropod mollusk in the family Ampullariidae, the apple snails.
This species is the largest freshwater gastropod native to North America. [3]
The shell is globose in shape. The whorls are wide, the spire is depressed, and the aperture is narrowly oval. [3] The shells are brown in color, and have a pattern of stripes.
The shell is 60 millimetres (2.4 in) in both length and width. [3]
The indigenous distribution of this snail is central and southern Florida, [4] Cuba and Hispaniola. [5]
The nonindigenous distribution includes northern Florida. The species has also been found in Georgia, Oahu, Hawaii (Devick 1991)[ citation needed], Louisiana, and Oklahoma. [5]
This is a tropical species. It is amphibious, and can survive in water bodies that dry out during the dry season. [3]
Applesnails have both gills and lungs.
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