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Common Apple Snail

Pomacea bridgesii

Classification

Pomacea bridgesii, common name the gold Inca snail, spike-topped apple snail or mystery snail, is a South American species of freshwater snail with gills and an operculum, an aquatic gastropod mollusk in the family Ampullariidae. These snails were most probably introduced to the United States through the aquarium trade. Subspecies Pomacea bridgesii bridgesii (Reeve, 1856) Pomacea bridgesii diffusa (Blume, 1957) Anatomy Mystery snails possess structurally complex eyes at the tip of a cephalic eyestalk.

Distribution

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Countries in the Picchu catalog
United States of America · 3