Pomacea poeyana
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Pomacea poeyana (Pilsbry, 1927)
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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
[edit]Pomacea poeyana is endemic to Cuba, where it is well distributed.[1]
References
[edit]- ^ Vázquez A. A. & Perera S. (2010). "Endemic Freshwater molluscs of Cuba and their conservation status". Tropical Conservation Science 3(2): 190-199. HTM, PDF.