Pomacea Ocanensis

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Short description: Species of snail

Pomacea ocanensis
Conservation status

Critically Endangered (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Architaenioglossa
Superfamily: Ampullarioidea
Family: Ampullariidae
Subfamily: Pomaceinae
Genus: Pomacea
Species:
P. ocanensis
Binomial name
Pomacea ocanensis
Kobelt, 1914
Synonyms[2]
  • Ampullaria auriformis var. ocanensis Kobelt, 1914 (original description)

Pomacea ocanensis is a species of freshwater snail in the Ampullariidae family. Wilhelm Kobelt originally described the species as a subspecies of Ampullaria auriformis in 1914.[2]

It is native to Colombia and resides in the shallow margins of the Magdalena River near Ocaña, Norte de Santander.[1]

A critically endangered species, P. ocanensis faces threats of declining habitat quality due to urbanization, local water management, and pollution.[1] It is the only member of Pomacea considered Endangered or Critically Endangered by the IUCN and one of only two Ampullariids to be Critically Endangered.[3]

See also

  • List of critically endangered molluscs

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 "Pomacea ocanensis". https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/189206/58622600. 
  2. 2.0 2.1 "Pomacea ocanensis (Kobelt, 1914)". MolluscaBase. https://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1432699. 
  3. Lydeard, Charles; Cummings, Kevin S. (2019-04-02) (in en). Freshwater Mollusks of the World: A Distribution Atlas. JHU Press. p. 39. ISBN 978-1-4214-2732-4. https://books.google.com/books?id=ZO2ODwAAQBAJ&dq="pomacea+ocanensis"&pg=PP1. 

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