Pomacea auriformis is a species of freshwater snail in the family Ampullariidae, described by Lovell Augustus Reeve in 1856 as Ampullaria auriformis.[1] Its distribution is along the Caribbean coast of Central America.[2] There has been debate over whether this species may be a subspecies of Ampullaria hopetonensis.[3]

Pomacea auriformis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
(disputed)
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Architaenioglossa
Superfamily: Ampullarioidea
Family: Ampullariidae
Subfamily: Pomaceinae
Genus: Pomacea
Species:
P. auriformis
Binomial name
Pomacea auriformis
Reeve, 1856
Synonyms[1]
  • Ampullaria auriformis Reeve, 1856 (original combination)
  • Pomacea (Pomacea) auriformis (Reeve, 1856) · accepted, alternate representation

References edit

  1. ^ a b "Pomacea auriformis (Reeve, 1856)". MolluscaBase. Retrieved 2022-01-12.
  2. ^ Thompson, Fred (2011-01-01). "An annotated checklist and bibliography of the land and freshwater snails of Mexico and Central America". Bulletin of the Florida Museum of Natural History. 50.
  3. ^ Cowie, R.; Thiengo, S. (2003). "The apple snails of the Americas (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Ampullariidae: Asolene, Felipponea, Marisa, Pomacea, Pomella): A nomenclatural and type catalog". Malacologia. S2CID 90567451.