''Pomacea urceus'' is a
species
In biology, a species is the basic unit of classification and a taxonomic rank of an organism, as well as a unit of biodiversity. A species is often defined as the largest group of organisms in which any two individuals of the appropriate s ...
of
freshwater gastropod
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 ...
in the family
Ampullariidae
Ampullariidae, commonly known as the apple snails, is a family of large freshwater snails, aquatic gastropod mollusks with a gill and an operculum. These snails simultaneously have a gill and a lung as functional respiratory structures ...
, native to South America. It is a particularly large species of ''Pomacea'', some specimens of which have been measured 115 mm in height.
The eggs of ''Pomacea urceus'' vary in color from pale green to orange. Eggs are placed between the undersurface of the
operculum and the aperture of the female when she estivates after the mating season.
References
* Perera, Dr. Gloria and Walls, Jerry G (1996) Apple Snails in the Aquarium, T.F.H. Publications Inc. (55-56)
urceus
Gastropods described in 1774
Taxa named by Otto Friedrich Müller
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