Pomacea occulta is a species of freshwater snail in the family Ampullariidae.[1] Previously misidentified as the cryptically similar Pomacea maculata, P. occulta was differentiated by Yang et al. in 2019 using DNA barcoding and molecular systematics.[2]

Pomacea occulta
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Architaenioglossa
Superfamily: Ampullarioidea
Family: Ampullariidae
Subfamily: Pomaceinae
Genus: Pomacea
Species:
P. occulta
Binomial name
Pomacea occulta
Q.-Q. Yang & X.-P. Yu, 2019

Distribution

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This species has only been identified from invasive populations in China, so its native region is not known, but would be somewhere in South America.[2]

References

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  1. ^ MolluscaBase eds. "Molluscabase - Pomacea occulta Q.-Q. Yang & X.-P. Yu, 2019". MolluscaBase. Retrieved 2022-01-14. {{cite web}}: |author= has generic name (help)
  2. ^ a b Yang, Qian-Qian; Yu, Xiao-Ping (2019-07-02). "A New Species of Apple Snail in the Genus Pomacea (Gastropoda: Caenogastropoda: Ampullariidae)". Zoological Studies. 58 (58): e13. doi:10.6620/ZS.2019.58-13. ISSN 1021-5506. PMC 6759870. PMID 31966314.