Pomacea aulanieri is a species of freshwater snail in the Ampullariidae family. [2]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Architaenioglossa |
| Family: | Ampullariidae |
| Genus: | Pomacea |
| Species: | P. aulanieri
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| Binomial name | |
| Pomacea aulanieri (Deville & Hupé, 1850)
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Description
edit(Original description in French) The ventricose shell is quite thick. It has a very low conical spire, formed by four to five whorls increasing rapidly in size. The first whorls are convex. The body whorl, flattened on top, is provided at its upper parts with an obtuse angle becoming more and more pronounced. The lower part of this body whorl is noticeably attenuated. It is limited by a rounded and oblique keel, formed by the umbilicus. The latter is large, flared into a spiral funnel. The aperture is oval, elongated, attenuated inferiorly into a sort of canal that corresponds to the umbilical keel; the edges are thin, sharp, and marked with purple spots.
This shell is brownish or greenish, with straight transverse bands, blackish, quite numerous. The operculum is horny.
It is remarkable for its large umbilicus, flared into a funnel, limited anteriorly by an obtuse keel that provides a sort of canal at the base of the aperture. [3]
Distribution
editThis species is native to Peru. The species eats through grazing.[1]
References
edit- ^ a b "Pomacea aulanieri". www.molluscabase.org. Retrieved 2024-07-24.
- ^ Pomacea aulanieri (Deville & Hupé, 1850). 28 July 2024. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species.
- ^ Deville, E.; Hupé, H. (1850). "Description de quelques coquilles nouvelles provenant de l'expédition de M. de Castelnau". Revue et Magasin de Zoologie. 2 (2): 638–644. Retrieved 28 July 2024.
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- Simone, L. R. L. (2006). Land and Freshwater Molluscs of Brazil. São Paulo: Editora Grafíca Bernardi, FAPESP. pp. 1–390.
External links
edit- Preston, H.B. (1914). "New non-marine Mollusca from Peru and Argentina". The Annals and Magazine of Natural History. 8 (13 (77)): 522–528. doi:10.1080/00222931408693519. Retrieved 28 July 2024.
- 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 July 2024.
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