Pomacea catamarcensis

Pomacea catamarcensis 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][2]

Pomacea catamarcensis
Conservation status
Data Deficient  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
(unranked):	clade Caenogastropoda informal group Architaenioglossa
Superfamily:	Ampullarioidea
Family:	Ampullariidae
Genus:	Pomacea
Subgenus:	Pomacea
Species:	P. catamarcensis
Binomial name
Pomacea catamarcensis (Sowerby III, 1875)
Synonyms
Ampullaria catamarcensis G. B. Sowerby III, 1875 (original combination) Pomacea (Pomacea) catamarcensis (G. B. Sowerby III, 1875) · accepted, alternate representation

Distribution

P. catamarcensis is endemic to Peru.[3]

References

1. Pastorino, G. & Darrigan, G. (2011). "Pomacea catamarcensis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2011. Retrieved 27 March 2014.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)old-form url
2. Bouchet, P. (2013). "Pomacea catamarcensis (G. B. Sowerby III, 1875)". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 27 March 2014.
3. 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. Retrieved 24 March 2014.