Pomacea quinindensis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Caenogastropoda
informal group Architaenioglossa
Superfamily:
Ampullarioidea
Family:
Ampullariidae
Genus:
Pomacea
Subgenus:
Effusa
Species:
P. quinindensis
Binomial name
Pomacea quinindensis
(K. Miller, 1879)

Pomacea quinindensis is a South American species of freshwater snail with gills and an operculum, an aquatic gastropod mollusc in the family Ampullariidae, the apple snails.[1][2]

Distribution

P. quinindensis is endemic to Ecuador. It is currently known from only a few specimens collected from the Rio Quinindé.[1][3]

References

  1. 1 2 3 Correoso, M. (2016). "Pomacea quinindensis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T189606A65493893. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-1.RLTS.T189606A65493893.en. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
  2. ↑ Bouchet, P. (2013). "Pomacea quinindensis (K. Miller, 1879)". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 27 March 2014.
  3. ↑ 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. Retrieved 27 March 2014.


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