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Pomacea camena

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Pomacea camena
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Phylum:
Class:
(unranked):
clade Caenogastropoda
informal group Architaenioglossa
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Subgenus:
Pomacea
Species:
P. camena
Binomial name
Pomacea camena
(Pain, 1949)

Pomacea camena is a South American species of freshwater snail with gills and an operculum, an aquatic gastropod mollusc in the family Ampullariidae, the apple snails.

Distribution

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P. camena is endemic to Venezuela, where it is found in a shallow stream near Lagunella, at an altitude of 8000 m.[2]

References

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  1. ^ Pastorino, G.; Darrigan, G. (2011). "Pomacea camena". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2011: e.T189002A8673395. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2011-2.RLTS.T189002A8673395.en. Retrieved 19 November 2021.
  2. ^ 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 27 March 2014.