Asolene
Genus of gastropods
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Asolene is a genus of freshwater snails with an operculum, aquatic gastropod mollusks in the family Ampullariidae, the apple snails.
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| A drawing of an apertural view of the shell of Asolene petiti | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Architaenioglossa |
| Family: | Ampullariidae |
| Subfamily: | Pomaceinae |
| Genus: | Asolene d'Orbigny, 1838 |
| Diversity[1] | |
| 7 species | |
The distribution of the genus Asolene includes South America.[2]
Species
There were recognized seven species within the genus Asolene as of 2011, when Asolene included subgenus Pomella Gray, 1847.[3][2]
There are recognized 7[1] species within the genus Asolene:
- Asolene crassa (Swainson, 1823)[4]
- Asolene granulosa (G. B. Sowerby III, 1894)[5]
- Asolene meta (Ihering, 1915)[6]
- Asolene petiti (Crosse, 1891)[2]
- Asolene platae (Maton, 1809) - type species[2]
- Asolene pulchella (Anton, 1839)[2]
- Asolene spixii (d'Orbigny, 1837)[2][7]
synonyms:
- Asolene americana (v. Ihering, 1919)[2] is a synonym of ...[clarification needed]
- Asolene fairchildi (Clench, 1933)[2] is a synonym of Pomacea sinamarina (Bruguière, 1792)[8]
- Asolene megastoma (G. B. Sowerby I, 1825)[2] is a synonym of Pomacea megastoma (G. B. Sowerby I, 1825)[9]
