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Pomacea cumingii

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Pomacea cumingii is a species of freshwater snail in the family Ampullariidae.[1] It is native to Saboga.[3] A non-native population has been found in Puerto Rico.[2]

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Pomacea cumingii
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Architaenioglossa
Superfamily: Ampullarioidea
Family: Ampullariidae
Subfamily: Pomaceinae
Genus: Pomacea
Species:
P. cumingii
Binomial name
Pomacea cumingii
P. P. King & Broderip, 1831
Synonyms[1][2]
  • Ampullaria cumingii P. P. King, 1832 (original combination)
  • Pomacea cumingi (Reeve, 1843) · alternate spelling in some publications
  • Pomacea cumingii (Reeve, 1843)
  • Pomacea (Pomacea) cumingii (P. P. King, 1832) · accepted, alternate representation
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Two subspecies of P. cumingii are recognized:[1] P. c. cumingii and P. c. sanjoseensis (Morrison, 1946). P. c. sanjoseensis is found only in a few small streams on Isla San José and is larger than the other subspecies.[4]

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