Pomacea camena

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Pomacea camena
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Phylum:
Class:
(unranked):
clade Caenogastropoda
informal group Architaenioglossa
Superfamily:
Family:
Genus:
Subgenus:
Pomacea
Species:
P. camena
Binomial name
Pomacea camena
(Pain, 1949)

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

Distribution

P. camena is endemic to Venezuela, where it is found in a shallow stream near Lagunella, at an altitude of 8000 m.[2]

References

  1. ^ Pastorino, G.; Darrigan, G. (2011). "Pomacea camena". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2011: e.T189002A8673395. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2011-2.RLTS.T189002A8673395.en. Retrieved 19 November 2021.
  2. ^ 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.