Asolene Explained

Asolene is a genus of freshwater snails with an operculum, aquatic gastropod mollusks in the family Ampullariidae, the apple snails.

The distribution of the genus Asolene includes South America.^[1]

Species

There were recognized seven species within the genus Asolene as of 2011, when Asolene included subgenus Pomella Gray, 1847.^{[2] [1]}

There are recognized 7 species within the genus Asolene:

• Asolene crassa (Swainson, 1823)^[3]
• Asolene granulosa (G. B. Sowerby III, 1894)^[4]
• Asolene meta (Ihering, 1915)^[5]
• Asolene petiti (Crosse, 1891)^[1]
• Asolene platae (Maton, 1809) - type species^[1]
• Asolene pulchella (Anton, 1839)^[1]
• Asolene spixii (d'Orbigny, 1837)^{[1] [6]}

synonyms:

• Asolene americana (v. Ihering, 1919)^[1] is a synonym of ...
• Asolene fairchildi (Clench, 1933)^[1] is a synonym of Pomacea sinamarina (Bruguière, 1792)^[7]
• Asolene megastoma (G. B. Sowerby I, 1825)^[1] is a synonym of Pomacea megastoma (G. B. Sowerby I, 1825)^[8]

Notes and References

1. http://www.applesnail.net/content/asolene.htm "Asolene"
2. Gray J. E. (1847). "A List of the Genera of recent Mollusca, their Synonyma and Types". Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 15: 129-206. page 148.
3. Bouchet, P. (2013). Asolene crassa (Swainson, 1823). In: MolluscaBase (2017). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://marinespecies.org/aphia.php/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=737589 on 2017-06-08
4. Bouchet, P. (2013). Asolene granulosa (G. B. Sowerby III, 1894). In: MolluscaBase (2017). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=737591 on 2017-06-08
5. Bouchet, P. (2013). Asolene meta (Ihering, 1915). In: MolluscaBase (2017). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=741236 on 2017-06-08
6. Bouchet, P. (2013). Asolene spixii (d'Orbigny, 1838). In: MolluscaBase (2017). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=737599 on 2017-06-08
7. Bouchet, P. (2013). Pomacea sinamarina (Bruguière, 1792). In: MolluscaBase (2017). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=741103 on 2017-06-08
8. Bouchet, P. (2013). Pomacea megastoma (G. B. Sowerby I, 1825). In: MolluscaBase (2017). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=741102 on 2017-06-08