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Florida Applesnail

Pomacea paludosa

Classification

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. Shell description This species is the largest freshwater gastropod native to North America. The shell is globose in shape.

Distribution

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Countries in the Picchu catalog
United States of America · 711Cuba · 4Brazil · 1