Pomacea zischkai
Pomacea zischkai is a South American species of freshwater snail with gills and an operculum, an aquatic gastropod mollusc in the family Ampullariidae, the apple snails.[1]
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Subgenus: | Pomacea |
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Etymoloogy
P. zischkai is named after Bolivian biologist Rodolfo Zischka, who discovered it.[2]
Distribution
P. zischkai is endemic to Bolivia. It is found in the Chapare region, at an altitude of 400 m.[3]
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References
- Pastorino, G. & Darrigan, G. (2011). "Pomacea zischkai". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2011. Retrieved 28 March 2014.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
- "Pomacea zischkai Blume & Pain, 1952". SysTax - a Database System for Systematics and Taxonomy. University of Ulm & Ruhr-University of Bochum. Retrieved 28 March 2014.
- Cowie R.H. & Thiengo S.C. (2003). "The apple snails of the Americas (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Ampullariidae: Asolene, Felipponea, Marisa, Pomacea, Pomella): A nomenclatural and type catalog". Malacologia. 45 (1): 41–100. Retrieved 28 March 2014.
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