Pomacea canaliculata
TaxID: 400727
Basic Information
Pomacea canaliculata
Channeled Applesnail
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. South American in origin, this species is considered to be in the top 100 of the "World's Worst Invasive Alien Species". It is also ranked as the 40th worst alien species in Europe and the worst alien species of gastropod in Europe.
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Taxonomic Information
Eukaryota
Mollusca
Gastropoda
Architaenioglossa
Ampullariidae
Pomacea
canaliculata
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Species
k__Eukaryota;p__Mollusca;c__Gastropoda;o__Architaenioglossa;f__Ampullariidae;g__Pomacea;s__Pomacea canaliculata
Molluscs
Photos (5 photos)
Morphological Features
No morphological description available.
Host Plants (27 host plants)
Data sources: EPPO Global Database and relevant literature.
| Scientific Name | Status |
|---|---|
| Ageratum conyzoides | Host |
| Alternanthera philoxeroides | Host |
| Amaranthus tricolor | Host |
| Bacopa caroliniana | Host |
| Bacopa monnieri | Host |
| Chara contraria | Host |
| Colocasia esculenta | Host |
| Commelina diffusa | Host |
| Egeria densa | Host |
| Hydrocotyle sibthorpioides | Host |
Quarantine Status (34 records)
Data sources: IPPC website and national quarantine websites; verified by human review.
| Country | Status | Year Added |
|---|---|---|
| Australia | Quarantine pests | — |
| Austria | Emergency measures | 2012 |
| Belgium | Emergency measures | 2012 |
| Bulgaria | Emergency measures | 2012 |
| Cambodia | Quarantine pests | — |
| Cyprus | Emergency measures | 2012 |
| Czechia | Emergency measures | 2012 |
| Germany | Emergency measures | 2012 |
| Denmark | Emergency measures | 2012 |
| EPPO A1 | Absent | — |
Distribution (50 countries)
Data Sources: EPPO Global Database and GBIF.
| Country | Status | State |
|---|---|---|
| Argentina | Present | — |
| Austria | Present | — |
| Bangladesh | Absent | — |
| Bermuda | Present | — |
| Bolivia (Plurinational State of) | Present | — |
| Brazil | Present | |
| Cambodia | Present | — |
| Chile | Present | — |
| China | Present | — |
| Colombia | Present | — |
Distribution Map (Latitude and longitude coordinates sourced from GBIF.)
Download CSVGenomes (0 records)
Data source: NCBI.
No genome records available.
Transcriptomes (0 records)
Data source: NCBI.
No transcriptome records available.
Literature
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