Pomacea cumingii is a species of freshwater snail in the family Ampullariidae.[1] It is native to Saboga.[3] A non-native population has been found in Puerto Rico.[2]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Architaenioglossa |
| Superfamily: | Ampullarioidea |
| Family: | Ampullariidae |
| Subfamily: | Pomaceinae |
| Genus: | Pomacea |
| Species: | P. cumingii
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| Pomacea cumingii P. P. King & Broderip, 1831
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Two subspecies of P. cumingii are recognized:[1] P. c. cumingii and P. c. sanjoseensis (Morrison, 1946). P. c. sanjoseensis is found only in a few small streams on Isla San José and is larger than the other subspecies.[4]
References
edit- ^ a b c "Pomacea cumingii (P. P. King & Broderip, 1831)". MolluscaBase. 8 March 2022. Retrieved 5 March 2023.
- ^ a b "an applesnail (Pomacea cumingii) - Species Profile". nas.er.usgs.gov. Retrieved 2022-01-12.
- ^ Cowie, Robert H.; Thiengo, Silvana (2003). "The apple snails of the Americas (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Ampullariidae: Asolene, Felipponea, Marisa, Pomacea, Pomella): A nomenclatural and type catalog". Malacologia. 45: 41–100. ISSN 0076-2997.
- ^ Morrison, Joseph Paul Eldred; Institution, Smithsonian (1946). The nonmarine mollusks of San Jose Island, with notes on those of Pedro Gonzalez, Pearl Islands, Panama. Washington: Smithsonian Institution. doi:10.5962/bhl.title.120498.
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