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Pomacea poeyana

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Pomacea poeyana
shell of Pomacea poeyana
Scientific classification
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clade Caenogastropoda
informal group Architaenioglossa
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P. poeyana
Binomial name
Pomacea poeyana
(Pilsbry, 1927)

Pomacea poeyana is a species of large freshwater snail with gills and an operculum, an aquatic gastropod mollusk in the family Ampullariidae, the apple snails.

Distribution

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Pomacea poeyana is endemic to Cuba, where it is well distributed.[1]

References

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  1. ^ Vázquez A. A. & Perera S. (2010). "Endemic Freshwater molluscs of Cuba and their conservation status". Tropical Conservation Science 3(2): 190-199. HTM, PDF.