Genus Pomacea Perry, 1810

Pomacea bridgesii (Reeve, 1856)

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.