''Pila ampullacea'', is a

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freshwater snail Freshwater snails are gastropod mollusks which live in fresh water. There are many different families. They are found throughout the world in various habitats, ranging from ephemeral pools to the largest lakes, and from small seeps and springs ...

with an operculum, an aquatic

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in the family Ampullariidae, the apple snails. MolluscaBase eds. (2020). MolluscaBase. Pila ampullacea (Linnaeus, 1758). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=737456 on 2020-05-18

Distribution

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, Indonesia

Description

As food

''Pila ampullacea'', together with '' Pila pesmei'', are indigenous rice field snail species traditionally eaten in

that have been displaced by the invasive golden apple snail, ''

Pomacea canaliculata ''Pomacea canaliculata'', commonly known as the golden apple snail or the channeled apple snail, is a species of large freshwater snail with gills and an operculum, an aquatic gastropod mollusc in the family Ampullariidae, the apple snails. S ...

''.''Heavy Predation on Freshwater Bryozoans by the Golden Apple Snail, Pomacea canaliculata Lamarck, 1822 (Ampullariidae)''; The Natural History Journal of Chulalongkorn University 6(1): 31-36, May 2006 In

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, it is famous as ''keong sawah'' or ''tutut'' as traditional cuisine which is often boiled or grilled as

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References

External links

Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Editio decima, reformata [10th revised edition
vol. 1: 824 pp. Laurentius Salvius: Holmiae] *
Applesnail.net info
{{Taxonbar, from=Q4217116 Ampullariidae Gastropods described in 1758 Taxa named by Carl Linnaeus