Pomacea quinindensis
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]
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| Subgenus: | Effusa |
| Species: | P. quinindensis |
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| Pomacea quinindensis (K. Miller, 1879) | |
Distribution
P. quinindensis is endemic to Ecuador. It is currently known from only a few specimens collected from the Rio Quinindé.[1][3]
References
- Pastorino, G. & Darrigan, G. (2011). "Pomacea quinindensis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2011. Retrieved 27 March 2014.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
- Bouchet, P. (2013). "Pomacea quinindensis (K. Miller, 1879)". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 27 March 2014.
- 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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