''Pomacea ocanensis'' is a species of

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in the Ampullariidae family.

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originally described the species as a

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of '' Ampullaria auriformis'' in 1914. It is native to

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and resides in the shallow margins of the Magdalena River near

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. 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 ''Pomacea'' is a genus of freshwater snails with gills and an operculum, aquatic gastropod mollusks in the family Ampullariidae, the apple snails. The genus is native to the Americas; most species in this genus are restricted to South America. ...

'' considered

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or Critically Endangered by the IUCN and one of only two Ampullariids to be Critically Endangered.

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ocanensis Freshwater snails Molluscs of South America Gastropods described in 1914 {{Ampullariidae-stub

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