Pomacea quinindensis explained

Pomacea quinindensis 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

P. quinindensis is endemic to Ecuador. It is currently known from only a few specimens collected from the Rio Quinindé.^[2]

Notes and References

1. Bouchet, P. . 2013 . Pomacea quinindensis (K. Miller, 1879) . 741071 . 27 March 2014.
2. Cowie R.H.. Thiengo S.C.. amp . 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. 27 March 2014.