Pomacea auriformis explained

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]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Pomacea auriformis (Reeve, 1856). 2022-01-12. MolluscaBase.
  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. 90567451 . en.

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