Pomacea paludosa
Species of gastropod
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Pomacea paludosa, common name the Florida applesnail, is a species of freshwater snail with an operculum, an aquatic gastropod mollusk in the family Ampullariidae, the apple snails.
| Pomacea paludosa Temporal range: Pliocene-present | |
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| Colored engraving of a live Pomacea paludosa made by Helen Lawson († 1854) and published in 1845 A monograph of the freshwater univalve Mollusca of the United States: including notices of species in other parts of North America by Samuel Stehman Haldeman. | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Architaenioglossa |
| Family: | Ampullariidae |
| Genus: | Pomacea |
| Species: | P. paludosa |
| Binomial name | |
| Pomacea paludosa (Say, 1829) | |
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Shell description
This species is the largest freshwater gastropod native to North America.[4]
The shell is globose in shape. The whorls are wide, the spire is depressed, and the aperture is narrowly oval.[4] The shells are brown in color, and have a pattern of stripes.
The shell is 60 millimetres (2.4 in) in both length and width.[4]
Distribution
Ecology
This is a tropical species. It is amphibious, and can survive in water bodies that dry out during the dry season.[4]
Applesnails have both gills and lungs.
