Pomacea Perry, 1810

Araya, Juan Francisco, 2015, Current status of the non-indigenous molluscs in Chile, with the first record of Otala punctata (Müller, 1774) (Gastropoda: Helicidae) in the country and new records for Cornu aspersum (Müller, 1774) and Deroceras laeve (Müller, 1774), Journal of Natural History 49 (29), pp. 1731-1761 : 1735

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.1080/00222933.2015.1006703

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4336653

persistent identifier

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scientific name

Pomacea Perry, 1810
status

 

Genus Pomacea Perry, 1810 View in CoL

Pomacea bridgesii ( Reeve, 1856) View in CoL

Description

Reeve (1856), Coelho et al. (2012).

Distribution

Native to America, Amazon Basin ( Brazil, Peru, Bolivia) ( Cowie and Thiengo 2003). In Chile, this species was found for the first time in the country in 2000 ( Letelier et al. 2007) and has been recorded only in Santiago (33°27 ʹ S, 70°38 ʹ W).

Possible mechanism of introduction/Status

Aquarium trade/established ( Letelier et al. 2007).

Remarks

Polyphagous, invasive, they can compete with native freshwater species ( Aditya and Raut 2001). EA, I.

Aditya G, Raut SK. 2001. Food of the snail, Pomacea bridgesii, introduced in India. Curr Sci. 80: 919 - 921.

Coelho AR, Calado GJ, Dinis MT. 2012. Freshwater snail Pomacea bridgesii (Gastropoda: Ampullariidae), life history traits and aquaculture potential. AACL Bioflux. 5: 168 - 181.

Cowie RH, Thiengo SC. 2003. The apple snails of the Americas (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Ampullariidae: Asolene, Felipponea, Marisa, Pomacea, Pomella): a nomenclatural and type catalog. Malacologia. 45: 41 - 100.

Letelier S, Ramos AM, Huaquin L. 2007. Moluscos dulceacuicolas exoticos en Chile. Rev Mex Biodivers. 78: 9 - 13.

Perry G. 1810. Arcana; or the museum of natural history. Stratford, London. 84 pls.

Reeve LA. 1856. Monograph of the genus Ampullaria. In: La R, editor. Conchologia iconica: or, Illustrations of the shells of Molluscous animals vol X. London: Lovell Reeve; p. 1 - 31.