Asolene platae

{{Short description|Species of snail}}

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| genus = Asolene

| species = platae

| authority = (Maton, 1811)

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  • Ampullaria cyclostoma Spix, 1827 · unaccepted
  • Ampullaria elegans d'Orbigny, 1835 · unaccepted
  • Ampullaria naticoides d'Orbigny, 1835 · unaccepted
  • Ampullaria storeria Jay, 1839 · unaccepted
  • Helix platae Maton, 1811 · unaccepted (original combination)

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Asolene platae is a species of freshwater snail in the family Ampullariidae, first described by William George Maton in 1811.{{cite web | url=https://molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=737460 | title=Molluscabase - Asolene platae (Maton, 1811) }}

Distribution

The species is native to the Río de la Plata basin.{{cite journal | url=https://doi.org/10.4002/040.058.0208 | doi=10.4002/040.058.0208 | title=Thermal Biology of the South American Apple Snail Asolene platae(Caenogastropoda: Ampullariidae) | year=2015 | last1=Tiecher | first1=María J. | last2=Seuffert | first2=María E. | last3=Martín | first3=Pablo R. | journal=Malacologia | volume=58 | issue=1–2 | pages=233–243 | s2cid=86335924 | hdl=11336/6333 | hdl-access=free }} They are also found in the pet trade where they are often sold under the name zebra apple snails.{{cite journal | url=https://doi.org/10.1093/mollus/eyw007 | doi=10.1093/mollus/eyw007 | title=Life cycle of the South American apple snail Asolene platae(Maton, 1811) (Caenogastropoda: Ampullariidae) under laboratory conditions | year=2016 | last1=Tiecher | first1=María J. | last2=Burela | first2=Silvana | last3=Martín | first3=Pablo R. | journal=Journal of Molluscan Studies | volume=82 | issue=3 | pages=432–439 | doi-access=free | url-access=subscription }}

Reproduction

Asolene platae is a gonochoric species which lays its eggs underwater in a gelatinous mass.{{cite journal | url=https://doi.org/10.1080/13235818.2017.1297008 | doi=10.1080/13235818.2017.1297008 | title=First record of colour polymorphism in the Neotropical apple snail Asolene platae: Inheritance mechanism and evidence for multiple paternity | year=2017 | last1=Tiecher | first1=María José | last2=Burela | first2=Silvana | last3=Martín | first3=Pablo Rafael | journal=Molluscan Research | volume=37 | issue=3 | pages=187–193 | s2cid=91124314 | hdl=11336/58408 | hdl-access=free | url-access=subscription }}{{cite journal | url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/S1519-69842007000400019 | doi=10.1590/S1519-69842007000400019 | title=Radular ultrastructure of South American Ampullariidae (Gastropoda: Prosobranchia) | year=2007 | last1=Martín | first1=SM | last2=Negrete | first2=LHL | journal=Brazilian Journal of Biology | volume=67 | issue=4 | pages=721–726 | pmid=18278326 | doi-access=free }}

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