Pomacea decussata
Species of snail
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Pomacea decussata is a species of freshwater snail in the family Ampullariidae.[1]
| Pomacea decussata | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Architaenioglossa |
| Superfamily: | Ampullarioidea |
| Family: | Ampullariidae |
| Subfamily: | Pomaceinae |
| Genus: | Pomacea |
| Species: | P. decussata |
| Binomial name | |
| Pomacea decussata Moricand, 1836 | |
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It was first described by Stéfano Moricand as Ampullaria decussata in 1836. Pomacea commissionis was originally considered a subspecies of P. decussata.[2]
