''Pila ampullacea'', is a species of

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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mollusk 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

Thailand, Vietnam, Indonesia

Description

As food

''Pila ampullacea'', together with ''

Pila pesmei Pila may refer to: Architecture * Pila (architecture), a type of veranda in Sri Lankan farm houses Places *Pila, Buenos Aires, a town in Buenos Aires Province, Argentina *Pila Partido, a country subdivision in Buenos Aires Province, Argentina *P ...

'', are indigenous rice field snail species traditionally eaten in Thailand that have been displaced by the

invasive Invasive may refer to: *Invasive (medical) procedure *Invasive species *Invasive observation, especially in reference to surveillance *Invasively progressive spread of disease from one organ in the body to another, especially in reference to cancer ...

golden apple snail, '' Pomacea canaliculata''.''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 Indonesia, it is famous as ''keong sawah'' or ''tutut'' as traditional cuisine which is often boiled or grilled as satay.

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