Pomacea vexillum

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]

Pomacea vexillum
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Caenogastropoda
informal group Architaenioglossa
Superfamily:
Ampullarioidea
Family:
Ampullariidae
Genus:
Pomacea
Subgenus:
Pomacea
Species:
P. vexillum
Binomial name
Pomacea vexillum
(Reeve, 1856)

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. 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. Retrieved 11 January 2018.
  2. 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 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. Retrieved 28 March 2014.


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