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Common Apple Snails
Pomacea
Pomacea is a genus of freshwater snails with gills and an operculum, aquatic gastropod mollusks in the family Ampullariidae, the apple snails. The genus is native to the Americas; most species in this genus are restricted to South America.
60 branches of this genus, most-observed first
Pomacea canaliculata
complexPomacea canaliculata
Florida Apple Snail
speciesPomacea paludosa
Chivita Snail
speciesPomacea flagellata
Spike-topped Apple Snail
speciesPomacea diffusa
Golden Mystery Snail
speciesPomacea bridgesii
Pomacea scalaris
speciesPomacea scalaris
Pomacea glauca
speciesPomacea glauca
Pomacea urceus
speciesPomacea urceus
Pomacea catemacensis
speciesPomacea catemacensis
Titan Applesnail
speciesPomacea haustrum
Pomacea americanista
speciesPomacea americanista
Pomacea guyanensis
speciesPomacea guyanensis
Pomacea papyracea
speciesPomacea papyracea
Pomacea sordida
speciesPomacea sordida
Pomacea levior
speciesPomacea levior
Pomacea cumingii
speciesPomacea cumingii
Pomacea sinamarina
speciesPomacea sinamarina
Pomacea patula
speciesPomacea patula
Pomacea aldersoni
speciesPomacea aldersoni
Pomacea aurostoma
speciesPomacea aurostoma
Pomacea baeri
speciesPomacea baeri
Pomacea camena
speciesPomacea camena
Pomacea catamarcensis
speciesPomacea catamarcensis
Pomacea chemnitzii
speciesPomacea chemnitzii
Pomacea conoidea
speciesPomacea conoidea
Pomacea costaricana
speciesPomacea costaricana
Pomacea cousini
speciesPomacea cousini
Pomacea eximia
speciesPomacea eximia
Pomacea hollingsworthi
speciesPomacea hollingsworthi
Pomacea interrupta
speciesPomacea interrupta
Endangered Columbian Apple Snail
speciesPomacea ocanensis
Pomacea pulchra
speciesPomacea pulchra
Pomacea quinindensis
speciesPomacea quinindensis
Pomacea reflexa
speciesPomacea reflexa
Pomacea reyrei
speciesPomacea reyrei
Pomacea vexillum
speciesPomacea vexillum
Pomacea zischkai
speciesPomacea zischkai
Pomacea pealiana
speciesPomacea pealiana
Pomacea cerasum
speciesPomacea cerasum
Pomacea miltocheila
speciesPomacea miltocheila
Pomacea picta
speciesPomacea picta
Pomacea palmeri
speciesPomacea palmeri
Pomacea poeyana
speciesPomacea poeyana
Pomacea falconensis
speciesPomacea falconensis
Pomacea zeteki
speciesPomacea zeteki
Pomacea consolatrix
speciesPomacea consolatrix
Pomacea superba
speciesPomacea superba
Pomacea dacostae
speciesPomacea dacostae
Pomacea avellana
speciesPomacea avellana
Pomacea tenuissima
speciesPomacea tenuissima
Pomacea castelloi
speciesPomacea castelloi
Pomacea commissionis
speciesPomacea commissionis
Pomacea expansa
speciesPomacea expansa
Pomacea modesta
speciesPomacea modesta
Pomacea prunella
speciesPomacea prunella
Pomacea pomatia
speciesPomacea pomatia
Pomacea armeniaca
speciesPomacea armeniaca
Pomacea producta
speciesPomacea producta
Pomacea physoides
speciesPomacea physoides
Pomacea pernambucensis
speciesPomacea pernambucensis
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 84111.