Pomacea zischkai explained

Pomacea zischkai is a South American species of freshwater snail with gills and an operculum, an aquatic gastropod mollusc in the family Ampullariidae, the apple snails.

Etymoloogy

P. zischkai is named after Bolivian biologist Rodolfo Zischka, who discovered it.^[1]

Distribution

P. zischkai is endemic to Bolivia. It is found in the Chapare region, at an altitude of 400 m.^[2]

Notes and References

1. Web site: Pomacea zischkai Blume & Pain, 1952. SysTax - a Database System for Systematics and Taxonomy. University of Ulm & Ruhr-University of Bochum. 28 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. 28 March 2014.