Pomacea auriformis is a species of freshwater snail in the family Ampullariidae, described by Lovell Augustus Reeve in 1856 as Ampullaria auriformis.[1] Its distribution is along the Caribbean coast of Central America.[2] There has been debate over whether this species may be a subspecies of Ampullaria hopetonensis.[3]
| Pomacea auriformis | |
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Scientific classification  (disputed) | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Architaenioglossa |
| Superfamily: | Ampullarioidea |
| Family: | Ampullariidae |
| Subfamily: | Pomaceinae |
| Genus: | Pomacea |
| Species: | P. auriformis
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| Binomial name | |
| Pomacea auriformis Reeve, 1856
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| Synonyms[1] | |
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References
edit- ^ a b "Pomacea auriformis (Reeve, 1856)". MolluscaBase. Retrieved 2022-01-12.
- ^ Thompson, Fred (2011-01-01). "An annotated checklist and bibliography of the land and freshwater snails of Mexico and Central America". Bulletin of the Florida Museum of Natural History. 50.
- ^ Cowie, R.; Thiengo, S. (2003). "The apple snails of the Americas (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Ampullariidae: Asolene, Felipponea, Marisa, Pomacea, Pomella): A nomenclatural and type catalog". Malacologia. S2CID 90567451.
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