Pomacea ocanensis: taxon details and analytics

Domain
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Mollusca
Class
Gastropoda
Order
Architaenioglossa
Family
Ampullariidae
Genus
Pomacea
Species
Pomacea ocanensis
Scientific Name
Pomacea ocanensis

Summary description from Wikipedia:

Pomacea ocanensis

Pomacea ocanensis is a species of freshwater snail in the Ampullariidae family. Wilhelm Kobelt originally described the species as a subspecies of Ampullaria auriformis in 1914.

It is native to Colombia and resides in the shallow margins of the Magdalena River near OcaƱa, Norte de Santander.

A critically endangered species, P. ocanensis faces threats of declining habitat quality due to urbanization, local water management, and pollution. It is the only member of Pomacea considered Endangered or Critically Endangered by the IUCN and one of only two Ampullariids to be Critically Endangered.

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