Pomacea aurostoma

Species of gastropod

Pomacea aurostoma

Conservation status

Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)[1]

Scientific classification
Kingdom:  |

Animalia

Phylum:  |

Mollusca

Class:  |

Gastropoda

(unranked):  |

clade Caenogastropoda
informal group Architaenioglossa

Superfamily:  |

Ampullarioidea

Family:  |

Ampullariidae

Genus:  |

Pomacea

Subgenus:  |

Pomacea

Species:  |

P. aurostoma

Binomial name
Pomacea aurostoma

(Lea, 1856)

Pomacea aurostoma 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]

## Distribution[edit]

The native distribution of P. aurostoma is Colombia and Venezuela.[2][3]

## References[edit]

1. ^ a b Pastorino, G.; Darrigan, G. (2011). "Pomacea aurostoma". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2011: e.T189558A8748382. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2011-2.RLTS.T189558A8748382.en. Retrieved 20 November 2021.
2. ^ Simone, L. R. L. (2006). Land and Freshwater Molluscs of Brazil. São Paulo, Brazil: EGB, Fapesp. p. 390\. ISBN 85-906670-0-6.
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.

Taxon identifiers

Pomacea aurostoma|

* Wikidata: Q16988362
* CoL: 4LQ8K
* GBIF: 7466874
* iNaturalist: 151005
* IUCN: 189558
* Open Tree of Life: 6353677
* WoRMS: 741379

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