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
Scientific classification
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Class:
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clade Caenogastropoda
informal group Architaenioglossa
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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

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P. catamarcensis is endemic to Peru.[3]

References

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  1. ^ a b Pastorino, G.; Darrigan, G.; Ramirez, R.; Maldonado, D. (2016). "Pomacea catamarcensis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T189049A58576911. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-1.RLTS.T189049A58576911.en. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
  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.