Pomacea eximia

Pomacea eximia
Conservation status
Data Deficient  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Architaenioglossa
Family:	Ampullariidae
Genus:	Pomacea
Species:	P. eximia
Binomial name
Pomacea eximia (Dunker, 1853)
Synonyms[2]
Ampullaria cassidiformis Reeve, 1856 Ampullaria eximia Dunker, 1853 (original combination) Pomacea (Pomacea) eximia (Dunker, 1853) · accepted, alternate representation

Pomacea eximia 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][2]

Distribution

P. eximia is endemic to Venezuela.[3]

References

1. Pastorino, G. & Darrigan, G. (2011). "Pomacea eximia". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2011. IUCN: e.T189459A8735203. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2011-2.RLTS.T189459A8735203.en. Retrieved 11 January 2018.
2. Bouchet, P. (2013). "Pomacea eximia (Dunker, 1853)". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 27 March 2014.
3. Cowie R.H. & Thiengo S.C. (2003). "The apple snails of the Americas (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Ampullariidae: Asolene, Felipponea, Marisa, Pomacea, Pomella): A nomenclatural and type catalog". Malacologia. 45 (1): 41–100. Retrieved 27 March 2014.