WoRMS taxon details
Pomacea canaliculata (Lamarck, 1822)
741113 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:741113)
accepted
Species
Ampullaria australis A. d'Orbigny, 1835 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Ampullaria canaliculata Lamarck, 1822 · unaccepted > superseded combination
Ampullaria dorbignyana R. A. Philippi, 1852 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Ampullaria figulina Spix, 1827 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Ampullaria gualtieri A. d'Orbigny, 1835 · unaccepted (unavailable: introduced as synonym)
Pomacea (Pomacea) canaliculata (Lamarck, 1822) · alternative representation
Pomacea canaliculata chaquensis Hylton Scott, 1948 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
- Subspecies Pomacea canaliculata chaquensis Hylton Scott, 1948 accepted as Pomacea canaliculata (Lamarck, 1822) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
(of Ampullaria canaliculata Lamarck, 1822) Lamarck, [J.-B. M.] de. (1822). <i>Histoire naturelle des animaux sans vertèbres</i>. Tome sixième, 2me partie, 232 pp. Paris, published by the author. , available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13181853
page(s): 178 [details]
page(s): 178 [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Pomacea canaliculata (Lamarck, 1822). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=741113 on 2025-03-30
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Ampullaria canaliculata Lamarck, 1822) Lamarck, [J.-B. M.] de. (1822). <i>Histoire naturelle des animaux sans vertèbres</i>. Tome sixième, 2me partie, 232 pp. Paris, published by the author. , available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13181853
page(s): 178 [details]
original description (of Ampullaria australis A. d'Orbigny, 1835) Orbigny, A. d'. (1835). Synopsis terrestrium et fluviatilium molluscorum, in suo per Americam meridionalem itinere collectorum. <em>Magasin de Zoologie.</em> 5(61): 1-44., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2633132
page(s): 32 [details]
original description (of Pomacea canaliculata chaquensis Hylton Scott, 1948) Hylton Scott, M. I. (1948). Moluscos del noroeste Argentino. <em>Acta Zoológica Lilloana.</em> 6: 241-274. [details]
original description (of Ampullaria dorbignyana R. A. Philippi, 1852) Philippi, R. A. (1851-1852). Die Gattung <i>Ampullaria</i>. In Abbildungen nach der Natur mit Beschreibungen. <em>In: Schuberth, G. H.; Wagner, J. A., Eds. Systematisches Conchylien-Cabinet von Martini und Chemnitz. Neu herausgegeben und vervollständigt. Ersten Bandes zwanzigste Abtheilung.</em> 1-74, pls A, 1-21. Nürnberg: Bauer & Raspe (publication dates: pls A, 1-5 [1851]; 25-74, pls 6-21 [1852])., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/34225424
page(s): 65–66, pl. 21, fig. 4 [details]
original description (of Ampullaria figulina Spix, 1827) Wagner, J. A. (1827). <i>Testacea fluviatilia quae in itinere per Brasiliam annis MDCCCXVII-MDCCCXX [1817-1820] jussu et auspiciis Maximiliani Josephi I. Bavariae Regis augustissimi suscepto, collegit et pingenda curavit Dr. J. B. de Spix (...), digessit, descripsit et observationibus illustravit Dr. J. A. Wagner</i>. Munich: C. Wolf. pp. i-iv, 1-36, plates 1-29. , available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/39465053
page(s): pl. 4, fig. 4 [details]
basis of record Hayes K.A., Cowie R.H., Thiengo S.C. & Strong E.E. (2012) Comparing apples with apples: clarifying the identities of two highly invasive Neotropical Ampullariidae (Caenogastropoda). <i>Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society</i> 166: 723–753., available online at https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1096-3642.2012.00867.x [details]
page(s): 178 [details]
original description (of Ampullaria australis A. d'Orbigny, 1835) Orbigny, A. d'. (1835). Synopsis terrestrium et fluviatilium molluscorum, in suo per Americam meridionalem itinere collectorum. <em>Magasin de Zoologie.</em> 5(61): 1-44., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2633132
page(s): 32 [details]
original description (of Pomacea canaliculata chaquensis Hylton Scott, 1948) Hylton Scott, M. I. (1948). Moluscos del noroeste Argentino. <em>Acta Zoológica Lilloana.</em> 6: 241-274. [details]
original description (of Ampullaria dorbignyana R. A. Philippi, 1852) Philippi, R. A. (1851-1852). Die Gattung <i>Ampullaria</i>. In Abbildungen nach der Natur mit Beschreibungen. <em>In: Schuberth, G. H.; Wagner, J. A., Eds. Systematisches Conchylien-Cabinet von Martini und Chemnitz. Neu herausgegeben und vervollständigt. Ersten Bandes zwanzigste Abtheilung.</em> 1-74, pls A, 1-21. Nürnberg: Bauer & Raspe (publication dates: pls A, 1-5 [1851]; 25-74, pls 6-21 [1852])., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/34225424
page(s): 65–66, pl. 21, fig. 4 [details]
original description (of Ampullaria figulina Spix, 1827) Wagner, J. A. (1827). <i>Testacea fluviatilia quae in itinere per Brasiliam annis MDCCCXVII-MDCCCXX [1817-1820] jussu et auspiciis Maximiliani Josephi I. Bavariae Regis augustissimi suscepto, collegit et pingenda curavit Dr. J. B. de Spix (...), digessit, descripsit et observationibus illustravit Dr. J. A. Wagner</i>. Munich: C. Wolf. pp. i-iv, 1-36, plates 1-29. , available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/39465053
page(s): pl. 4, fig. 4 [details]
basis of record Hayes K.A., Cowie R.H., Thiengo S.C. & Strong E.E. (2012) Comparing apples with apples: clarifying the identities of two highly invasive Neotropical Ampullariidae (Caenogastropoda). <i>Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society</i> 166: 723–753., available online at https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1096-3642.2012.00867.x [details]
Other
additional source
Simone, L. R. L. (2006). <i>Land and Freshwater Molluscs of Brazil</i>. Editora Gráfica Bernardi, FAPESP. São Paulo, 390 pp.
page(s): 49 [details]
additional source Griffiths, O.L. & Florens, V.F.B. (2006). A field guide to the non-marine molluscs of the Mascarene Islands (Mauritius, Rodrigues and Réunion) and the northern dependencies of Mauritius. Bioculture Press: Mauritius. Pp. i–xv, 1–185, pls 1-32.
page(s): 50 [details]
additional source ICZN. (2002). Opinion 1997 (Case 3175). <i>Ampullaria canaliculata</i> Lamarck, 1822 (currently <i>Pomacea canaliculata</i>; Mollusca, Gastropoda): specific name conserved. <em>Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature.</em> 59 (2): 137-138., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/34358245 [details]
additional source Yamamoto, S., Komasu, H., Kitaura, J., Aoyama, T., Iwaguchi, S.-I., Nakamura, M., Kawane, M., Collins, T. M. & Yusa, Y. (2018). Development of 11 microsatellite markers and paternity analysis in the invasive apple snail <i>Pomacea canaliculata</i>. <em>Venus (Journal of the Malacological Society of Japan).</em> 76(1-4): 79-85. [details] Available for editors
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additional source Yoshida, K.; Yusa, Y.; Wada, T.; Hoshikawa, K. (2008). Factors Affecting Shell Thickness in the Apple Snail Pomacea canaliculata. <em>Venus (Journal of the Malacological Society of Japan).</em> 66 (3-4): 217-225. [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Cowie, R. H. (1993). Identity, distribution and impacts of introduced Ampullariidae and Viviparidae in the Hawaiian Islands. <em>Journal of Applied & Applied Malacology.</em> 5: 61-67. [details]
additional source Cowie, R. H. (1999). The spread of the introduced freshwater apple snail <i>Pomacea canaliculata</i> (Lamarck) (Gastropoda: Ampullariidae) on O'ahu, Hawai'i. <em>Bishop Museum Occasional Papers, Results of the Hawaii Biological Survey, Part 1.</em> 58: 66-71. [details]
additional source Cowie, R. H. & Thiengo, S. C. (2003). The apple snails of the Americas (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Ampullariidae: <i>Asolene, Felipponea, Marisa, Pomacea, Pomella</i>): A nomenclatural and type catalog. <em>Malacologia.</em> 45(1): 41-100., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25129402 [details]
page(s): 49 [details]
additional source Griffiths, O.L. & Florens, V.F.B. (2006). A field guide to the non-marine molluscs of the Mascarene Islands (Mauritius, Rodrigues and Réunion) and the northern dependencies of Mauritius. Bioculture Press: Mauritius. Pp. i–xv, 1–185, pls 1-32.
page(s): 50 [details]
additional source ICZN. (2002). Opinion 1997 (Case 3175). <i>Ampullaria canaliculata</i> Lamarck, 1822 (currently <i>Pomacea canaliculata</i>; Mollusca, Gastropoda): specific name conserved. <em>Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature.</em> 59 (2): 137-138., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/34358245 [details]
additional source Yamamoto, S., Komasu, H., Kitaura, J., Aoyama, T., Iwaguchi, S.-I., Nakamura, M., Kawane, M., Collins, T. M. & Yusa, Y. (2018). Development of 11 microsatellite markers and paternity analysis in the invasive apple snail <i>Pomacea canaliculata</i>. <em>Venus (Journal of the Malacological Society of Japan).</em> 76(1-4): 79-85. [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Yoshida, K.; Yusa, Y.; Wada, T.; Hoshikawa, K. (2008). Factors Affecting Shell Thickness in the Apple Snail Pomacea canaliculata. <em>Venus (Journal of the Malacological Society of Japan).</em> 66 (3-4): 217-225. [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Cowie, R. H. (1993). Identity, distribution and impacts of introduced Ampullariidae and Viviparidae in the Hawaiian Islands. <em>Journal of Applied & Applied Malacology.</em> 5: 61-67. [details]
additional source Cowie, R. H. (1999). The spread of the introduced freshwater apple snail <i>Pomacea canaliculata</i> (Lamarck) (Gastropoda: Ampullariidae) on O'ahu, Hawai'i. <em>Bishop Museum Occasional Papers, Results of the Hawaii Biological Survey, Part 1.</em> 58: 66-71. [details]
additional source Cowie, R. H. & Thiengo, S. C. (2003). The apple snails of the Americas (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Ampullariidae: <i>Asolene, Felipponea, Marisa, Pomacea, Pomella</i>): A nomenclatural and type catalog. <em>Malacologia.</em> 45(1): 41-100., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25129402 [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| English | golden kuhol snailgolden applesnailgolden apple snailchanneled applesnailchanneled apple snailapple snail | [details] |
| German | Gefurchte Apfelschnecke | [details] |
To Barcode of Life (878 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (21 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (23 publications) (from synonym Ampullaria australis A. d'Orbigny, 1835)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (99 publications) (from synonym Ampullaria canaliculata Lamarck, 1822)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Pomacea canaliculata)
To GenBank (53165 nucleotides; 64224 proteins)
To Global Invasive Species Database (GISD)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To Malacopics (Pomacea canaliculata (Lamarck, 1822) Argentina, Santa Fé, Villa Constitucion, ex co...
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (21 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (23 publications) (from synonym Ampullaria australis A. d'Orbigny, 1835)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (99 publications) (from synonym Ampullaria canaliculata Lamarck, 1822)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Pomacea canaliculata)
To GenBank (53165 nucleotides; 64224 proteins)
To Global Invasive Species Database (GISD)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To Malacopics (Pomacea canaliculata (Lamarck, 1822) Argentina, Santa Fé, Villa Constitucion, ex co...
To ITIS
