Pomacea cousini

Pomacea cousini 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][2]

Pomacea cousini
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Caenogastropoda
informal group Architaenioglossa
Superfamily:
Ampullarioidea
Family:
Ampullariidae
Genus:
Pomacea
Subgenus:
Pomacea
Species:
P. cousini
Binomial name
Pomacea cousini
(Jousseaume, 1877)

Distribution

P. cousini is endemic to Ecuador.[3]

References
  1. Correoso, M.; Pastorino, G.; Darrigan, G. (2016). "Pomacea cousini". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T189297A58624234. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-1.RLTS.T189297A58624234.en. Retrieved 11 November 2021.
  2. Bouchet, P. (2013). "Pomacea cousini (Jousseaume, 1877)". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 27 March 2014.
  3. Cowie R.H. & Thiengo S.C. (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. Retrieved 27 March 2014.


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