Pomacea poeyana

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Pomacea poeyana
shell of Pomacea poeyana
Scientific classification
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clade Caenogastropoda
informal group Architaenioglossa
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P. poeyana
Binomial name
Pomacea poeyana
(Pilsbry, 1927)

Pomacea poeyana is a species of large freshwater snail with gills and an operculum, an aquatic gastropod mollusk in the family Ampullariidae, the apple snails.

Distribution

Pomacea poeyana is endemic to Cuba, where it is well distributed.[1]

References

  1. ^ Vázquez A. A. & Perera S. (2010). "Endemic Freshwater molluscs of Cuba and their conservation status". Tropical Conservation Science 3(2): 190-199. HTM, PDF.