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 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Architaenioglossa |
| Family: | Ampullariidae |
| Genus: | Pomacea |
| Species: | P. paludosa
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| Pomacea paludosa (Say, 1829)
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Shell description
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This species is the largest freshwater gastropod native to North America.[3]
The shell is globose in shape. The whorls are wide, the spire is depressed, and the aperture is narrowly oval.[3] 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.[3]
Distribution
editThe indigenous distribution of this snail is central and southern Florida,[4] Cuba and Hispaniola.[5]
The nonindigenous distribution includes northern Florida. The species has also been found in Georgia, Oahu, Hawaii (Devick 1991)[citation needed], Louisiana, and Oklahoma.[5]
Ecology
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This is a tropical species. It is amphibious, and can survive in water bodies that dry out during the dry season.[3]
Applesnails have both gills and lungs.
References
edit- ^ Cordeiro, J. & Perez, K. (2011). "Pomacea paludosa". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2011. IUCN: e.T189339A8718219. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2011-2.RLTS.T189339A8718219.en. Retrieved 21 July 2022.
- ^ MolluscaBase eds. "Pomacea paludosa (Say, 1829)". MolluscaBase. Retrieved 12 January 2022.
- ^ a b c d Burch, J. B. 1982. North American freshwater snails. Walkerana 1(4):217-365.
- ^ Thompson, F.G. 1984. The freshwater snails of Florida: a manual for identification. University of Florida Press, Gainesville, Florida, 94 pp.
- ^ a b Dundee, D. S. 1974. Catalog of introduced molluscs of eastern North America (north of Mexico). Sterkiana 55:1-37.
- Applesnails of Florida Pomacea spp. (Gastropoda: Ampullariidae) <https://www.egovlink.com/public_documents300/winterhaven/published_documents/Winter%20Haven/Lakes/Backyard%20Wildlife/Animal%20Information/Snails%20and%20Slugs/Applesnails%20of%20Florida%20IN59800.pdf>
This article incorporates public domain text from:
- A. Benson. 2008. Pomacea paludosa. USGS Nonindigenous Aquatic Species Database, Gainesville, FL. <https://nas.er.usgs.gov/queries/FactSheet.asp?speciesID=985> Revision Date: 4/24/2006
Further reading
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- McClary, A. 1962. Surface inspiration and ciliary feeding in Pomacea paludosa (Prosobranchia: Mesogastropoda: Ampullariidae). Malacologia, 2(1): 87-104.
- Philip C. Darby, Robert E. Bennetts, Jason D. Croop, Patricia L. Valentine-Darby and Wiley M. Kitchens A Comparison of Sampling Techniques for Quantifying Abundance of the Florida Apple Snail (Pomacea Paludosa Say). J. Moll. Stud. (1999), 65, 195-208.
- Philip C. Darby, Patricia L. Valentine-Darby, H. Franklin Percival & Wiley M. Kitchens. Collecting Florida applesnails (Pomacea paludosa) from wetland habitats using funnel traps. Wetlands. Volume 21, Issue 2 (June 2001): 308–311.
- Robert B.E. Shuford III, Paul V. McCormick & Jennifer Magson. Habitat related growth of juvenile Florida applesnails (Pomacea paludosa). Florida Scientist. Volume 68, Issue 1 (March 2005): 11–19.
- Bruce Sharfstein & Alan D. Steinman. Growth and survival of the Florida apple snail (Pomacea paludosa) fed 3 naturally occurring macrophyte assemblages. Journal of the North American Benthological Society, Volume 20, Issue 1 (March 2001): 84–95.
- Posch H., Garr A. L. & Reynolds E. (2013). "The presence of an exotic snail, Pomacea maculata, inhibits growth of juvenile Florida apple snails, Pomacea paludosa". Journal of Molluscan Studies 79(4): 383-385. doi:10.1093/mollus/eyt034.
- Applesnails of Florida on the UF / IFAS Featured Creatures Web site
- The applesnails of Florida
- Apple Snail Habitat Suitability Index
- https://web.archive.org/web/20060923125401/http://nis.gsmfc.org/nis_factsheet.php?toc_id=155
- http://www.applesnail.net/content/species/pomacea_paludosa.htm