Pomacea ocanensis

Short description: Species of snail

Pomacea ocanensis

Conservation status

Critically Endangered (IUCN 3.1)[1]

Scientific classification
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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