Pomacea ocanensis
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| Pomacea ocanensis | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Architaenioglossa |
| Superfamily: | Ampullarioidea |
| Family: | Ampullariidae |
| Subfamily: | Pomaceinae |
| Genus: | Pomacea |
| Species: | P. ocanensis |
| Binomial name | |
| Pomacea ocanensis Kobelt, 1914 | |
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Pomacea ocanensis is a species of freshwater snail in the Ampullariidae family. Wilhelm Kobelt originally described the species as a subspecies of Ampullaria auriformis in 1914.[2]
It is native to Colombia and resides in the shallow margins of the Magdalena River near Ocaña, Norte de Santander.[1]
A critically endangered species, P. ocanensis faces threats of declining habitat quality due to urbanization, local water management, and pollution.[1] It is the only member of Pomacea considered Endangered or Critically Endangered by the IUCN and one of only two Ampullariids to be Critically Endangered.[3]
