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Pomacea ocanensis

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Species of snail

Pomacea ocanensis
Conservation status

Critically Endangered  (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Architaenioglossa
Superfamily: Ampullarioidea
Family: Ampullariidae
Subfamily: Pomaceinae
Genus: Pomacea
Species: P. ocanensis
Binomial name
Pomacea ocanensis
Kobelt, 1914
Synonyms
  • Ampullaria auriformis var. ocanensis Kobelt, 1914 (original description)

Pomacea ocanensis is a species of freshwater snail in the Ampullariidae family. Wilhelm Kobelt originally described the species as a subspecies of Ampullaria auriformis in 1914.

It is native to Colombia and resides in the shallow margins of the Magdalena River near Ocaña, Norte de Santander.

A critically endangered species, P. ocanensis faces threats of declining habitat quality due to urbanization, local water management, and pollution. It is the only member of Pomacea considered Endangered or Critically Endangered by the IUCN and one of only two Ampullariids to be Critically Endangered.

See also

References

  1. ^ "Pomacea ocanensis". IUCN Red List. Retrieved January 12, 2022.
  2. ^ "Pomacea ocanensis (Kobelt, 1914)". MolluscaBase eds. MolluscaBase. Retrieved 2022-01-12.
  3. Lydeard, Charles; Cummings, Kevin S. (2019-04-02). Freshwater Mollusks of the World: A Distribution Atlas. JHU Press. p. 39. ISBN 978-1-4214-2732-4.
Taxon identifiers
Pomacea ocanensis


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