Pomacea_aldersoni

<i>Pomacea aldersoni</i>

Pomacea aldersoni

Species of gastropod

Pomacea aldersoni is a South American species of freshwater snail with gills and an operculum, an aquatic gastropod mollusc in the family Ampullariidae, the apple snails.[1]

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Etymology

P. aldersoni is named after the British conchologist and malacologist E. G. Alderson, who authored a revision of the genus Ampullaria in 1925.[2]

Distribution

The native distribution of P. aldersoni is Ecuador. It was described from thirteen specimens which were collected in Santa Barbara, about 272 km SE. of Quito, in 1939.[2]

References

  1. [1]
    Lasso, C.; Correoso, M. (2016). "Pomacea aldersoni". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T189456A58626297. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-1.RLTS.T189456A58626297.en. Retrieved 11 November 2021.
  2. [2]
    Pain, T. (1946). "Two new species of Pila (= Ampullaria) from South America". Proceedings of the Malacological Society of London: 180–181, pl. 6. Archived from the original on 27 March 2014. Retrieved 27 March 2014.


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