Pomacea scalaris is a species of freshwater snail of the Ampullariidae (common name "apple snail") family, described by Alcide d'Orbigny in 1835.[2]
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| Five views of a shell of P. scalaris form Argentina | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Architaenioglossa |
| Family: | Ampullariidae |
| Subfamily: | Pomaceinae |
| Genus: | Pomacea |
| Species: | P. scalaris
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| Binomial name | |
| Pomacea scalaris | |
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References
edit- ^ "GBIF - Ampullaria scalaris d'Orbigny, 1835". GBIF. Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved 2 October 2020.
- ^ "WoRMS taxon details - Pomacea scalaris (d'Orbigny, 1835)". World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 2 October 2020.
- Simone, L. R. L. (2006). Land and Freshwater Molluscs of Brazil. Editora Grafíca Bernardi, FAPESP. São Paulo, 390 pp.
External links
edit- 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
- MNHN, Paris: syntype
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