Pomacea paludosa
{{Short description|Species of gastropod}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=May 2017}}
{{Speciesbox
| fossil_range = Pliocene-present
| image = Pomacea paludosa drawing.jpg
| image_caption = Colored engraving of a live Pomacea paludosa made by Helen Lawson († 1854) and published in 1845 A monograph of the freshwater univalve Mollusca of the United States: including notices of species in other parts of North America by Samuel Stehman Haldeman.
| status = LC
| status_system = IUCN3.1
| status_ref = {{Cite iucn | author = Cordeiro, J. | author2 = Perez, K. | name-list-style = amp | title = Pomacea paludosa | page = e.T189339A8718219 | publisher = IUCN | date = 2011 | doi = 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2011-2.RLTS.T189339A8718219.en | access-date = 21 July 2022}}
| taxon = Pomacea paludosa
| authority = (Say, 1829)
| synonyms =
- Ampullaria caliginosa Reeve, 1856
- Ampullaria depressa Say, 1824 (invalid: junior homonym of Ampullaria depressa Lamarck, 1804; A. paludosa is a replacement name)
- Ampullaria hopetonensis I. Lea, 1834
- Ampullaria miamiensis Pilsbry, 1899
- Ampullaria paludosa Say, 1829 (original combination)
- Ampullaria pinei Dall, 1898 (junior synonym)
- Pomacea (Pomacea) paludosa (Say, 1829) · accepted, alternate representation
- Pomacea paludosa flava M. Smith, 1937
}}
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
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This species is the largest freshwater gastropod native to North America.Burch, J. B. 1982. North American freshwater snails. Walkerana 1(4):217-365.
The shell is globose in shape. The whorls are wide, the spire is depressed, and the aperture is narrowly oval. The shells are brown in color, and have a pattern of stripes.
Distribution
The indigenous distribution of this snail is central and southern Florida,Thompson, F.G. 1984. [http://www.flmnh.ufl.edu/natsci/malacology/fl-snail/snails1.htm The freshwater snails of Florida: a manual for identification.] University of Florida Press, Gainesville, Florida, 94 pp. Cuba and Hispaniola.Dundee, D. S. 1974. Catalog of introduced molluscs of eastern North America (north of Mexico). Sterkiana 55:1-37.
The nonindigenous distribution includes northern Florida. The species has also been found in Georgia, Oahu, Hawaii (Devick 1991){{Citation needed|date=October 2008}}, Louisiana, and Oklahoma.
Ecology
File:Pomacea paludosa eggs maturation.jpg
This is a tropical species. It is amphibious, and can survive in water bodies that dry out during the dry season.
Applesnails have both gills and lungs.
References
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- Applesnails of Florida Pomacea spp. (Gastropoda: Ampullariidae)
This article incorporates public domain text from:
- A. Benson. 2008. Pomacea paludosa. USGS Nonindigenous Aquatic Species Database, Gainesville, FL.
Further reading
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- McClary, A. 1962. Surface inspiration and ciliary feeding in Pomacea paludosa (Prosobranchia: Mesogastropoda: Ampullariidae). Malacologia, 2(1): 87-104.
- Philip C. Darby, Robert E. Bennetts, Jason D. Croop, Patricia L. Valentine-Darby and Wiley M. Kitchens [https://web.archive.org/web/20051024001330/http://mollus.oxfordjournals.org/cgi/content/abstract/65/2/195 A Comparison of Sampling Techniques for Quantifying Abundance of the Florida Apple Snail (Pomacea Paludosa Say)]. J. Moll. Stud. (1999), 65, 195-208.
- Philip C. Darby, Patricia L. Valentine-Darby, H. Franklin Percival & Wiley M. Kitchens. [http://www.bioone.org/bioone/?request=get-document&issn=0277-5212&volume=021&issue=02&page=0308 Collecting Florida applesnails (Pomacea paludosa) from wetland habitats using funnel traps]. Wetlands. Volume 21, Issue 2 (June 2001): 308–311.
- Robert B.E. Shuford III, Paul V. McCormick & Jennifer Magson. [https://web.archive.org/web/20081028032657/http://apt.allenpress.com/aptonline/?request=get-abstract&issn=0098-4590&volume=068&issue=01&page=0011 Habitat related growth of juvenile Florida applesnails (Pomacea paludosa)]. Florida Scientist. Volume 68, Issue 1 (March 2005): 11–19.
- Bruce Sharfstein & Alan D. Steinman. [https://web.archive.org/web/20081028170110/http://apt.allenpress.com/aptonline/?request=get-abstract&issn=0887-3593&volume=020&issue=01&page=0084 Growth and survival of the Florida apple snail (Pomacea paludosa) fed 3 naturally occurring macrophyte assemblages]. Journal of the North American Benthological Society, Volume 20, Issue 1 (March 2001): 84–95.
- Posch H., Garr A. L. & Reynolds E. (2013). "The presence of an exotic snail, Pomacea maculata, inhibits growth of juvenile Florida apple snails, Pomacea paludosa". Journal of Molluscan Studies 79(4): 383-385. {{doi|10.1093/mollus/eyt034}}.
- [http://entomology.ifas.ufl.edu/creatures/misc/gastro/apple_snails.htm Applesnails of Florida] on the UF / IFAS Featured Creatures Web site
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20090617010846/http://www.doacs.state.fl.us/pi/enpp/ento/entcirc/Entcir388.pdf The applesnails of Florida]
- [http://atlss.org/cerp_runs/mod_info/d_apsnail.html Apple Snail Habitat Suitability Index]
- https://web.archive.org/web/20060923125401/http://nis.gsmfc.org/nis_factsheet.php?toc_id=155
- http://www.applesnail.net/content/species/pomacea_paludosa.htm
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