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{{Short description|Genus of gastropods}}
{{Automatic_taxobox
| image = Pomacea.jpg
| image_caption = A live individual of ''[[Pomacea bridgesii]]''
| taxon = Pomacea
| authority = [[Perry (disambiguation)|Perry]], 1810<ref>Perry (1810). ''Arcana'', sign. G5.</ref>
| subdivision_ranks =
| subdivision =
| synonyms =
{{Species list
| Ampullaria (Limnopomus) | Dall, 1904
| Ampullaria (Pomacea) | Perry, 1810
| Ampullarius (Effusa) | Jousseaume, 1889
| Ampullarius (Limnopomus) | Dall, 1904
| Asolene (Surinamia) | Clench, 1933
| Effusa | Jousseaume, 1889
| Limnopomus | Dall, 1904
| Pomacea (Effusa) | Jousseaume, 1889
| Pomacea (Pomacea) | Perry, 1810
| Pomacea (Surinamia) | Clench, 1933}}
| synonyms_ref = <ref name=worms>{{Cite web|title=WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Pomacea Perry, 1810|url=http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=737472|access-date=2021-09-15|website=www.marinespecies.org}}</ref>
}}
'''''Pomacea''''' is a [[genus]] of [[freshwater snail]]s with [[gill]]s and an [[Operculum (gastropod)|operculum]], [[Aquatic animal|aquatic]] [[gastropod]] [[mollusk]]s in the family Ampullariidae, the apple snails. The genus is native to [[the Americas]]; most species in this genus are restricted to South America.
In the [[aquarium]] trade these snails are sometimes called ''Pomacea'' or incorrectly ''Ampullarius'', and in English as
"[color] mystery snail" or "[[apple snail]]".
Some species have been [[Introduced species|introduced]] outside their native range and are considered [[Invasive species|invasive]] because of their voracious appetite for plants. Because of this, imports involving this genus are restricted in some regions (including the United States) and are entirely banned in others (including the [[EU]]).<ref name=EUban>Dawes, J. (14 January 2013). ''[http://www.petproductnews.com/January-2013/International-Waters-EU-Finally-Bans-Apple-Snail-Imports/ International Waters: EU Finally Bans Apple Snail Imports.] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304070843/http://www.petproductnews.com/January-2013/International-Waters-EU-Finally-Bans-Apple-Snail-Imports/ |date=2016-03-04 }}'' Retrieved 4 June 2014</ref>
== Species ==
Species in the genus ''Pomacea'' include:
subgenus ''Effusa'' Jousseaume, 1889
* ''[[Pomacea baeri]]'' (Dautzenberg, 1902)<ref name="iucn"/>
* ''[[Pomacea glauca]]'' (Linné, 1758)<ref name="applesnail.net"/>
* ''[[Pomacea quinindensis]]'' (K. Miller, 1879)<ref name="iucn"/>
subgenus ''Pomacea'' Perry, 1810
* ''[[Pomacea aldersoni]]'' (Pain, 1946)<ref name="iucn">IUCN 2014. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2014.1. [http://www.iucnredlist.org <www.iucnredlist.org>]. Downloaded on 01 July 2014.</ref>
* ''[[Pomacea auriformis]]'' (Reeve, 1856)
* ''[[Pomacea aurostoma]]'' (Lea, 1856)<ref name="iucn"/>
* ''[[Pomacea bridgesii]]'' (Reeve, 1856)<ref name="applesnail.net"/>
* ''[[Pomacea camena]]'' (Pain, 1949)<ref name="iucn"/>
* ''[[Pomacea canaliculata]]'' (Lamarck, 1819)<ref name="applesnail.net">[http://www.applesnail.net/content/pomacea.htm "''Pomacea''"]. The apple snail website, Accessed 12 May 2011.</ref>
* ''[[Pomacea catamarcensis]]'' (Sowerby, 1874)<ref name="applesnail.net"/>
* ''[[Pomacea columbiensis]]'' (Philippi, 1851)<ref name=worms/>
* ''[[Pomacea columellaris]]'' (Gould, 1848)<ref name="applesnail.net"/>
* ''[[Pomacea commissionis]]'' (Ihering, 1898)<ref>{{Cite web|author=MolluscaBase eds.|title=Pomacea commissionis (Ihering, 1898)|url=https://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=742194|access-date=2022-01-11|publisher=[[MolluscaBase]]}}</ref>
* ''[[Pomacea cousini]]'' (Jousseaume, 1877)<ref name="iucn"/>
* ''[[Pomacea cumingii]]'' (P. P. King & Broderip, 1831)
* ''[[Pomacea decussata]]'' (Moricand)<ref name="applesnail.net"/>
* ''[[Pomacea diffusa]]'' Blume, 1957<ref name="applesnail.net"/>
* ''[[Pomacea doliodes]]'' (Reeve, 1856)<ref name="applesnail.net"/><ref name=worms/>
* ''[[Pomacea eximia]]'' (Dunker, 1853)<ref name="iucn"/>
* ''[[Pomacea falconensis]]'' Pain & Arias, 1958<ref>{{Cite journal
| last1 = Cazzaniga | first1 = N. J.
| title = Old species and new concepts in the taxonomy of Pomacea (Gastropoda: Ampullariidae)
| journal = Biocell
| volume = 26
| issue = 1
| pages = 71–81
| year = 2002
| pmid = 12058383
}} [http://www.cricyt.edu.ar/biocell/vol/pdf/26/08.pdf PDF]</ref>
* ''[[Pomacea fasciata]]'' (Roissy, 1805)
* ''[[Pomacea flagellata]]'' (Say, 1827)<ref name="applesnail.net"/>
* ''[[Pomacea haustrum]]'' (Reeve, 1856)<ref name="applesnail.net"/>
* ''[[Pomacea hollingsworthi]]'' (Pain, 1946)<ref name="iucn"/>
* ''[[Pomacea lineata]]'' (Spix, 1827)<ref name="applesnail.net"/>
* ''[[Pomacea maculata]]'' Perry, 1810 - synonyms: ''Ampullaria gigas'' Spix, 1827; ''Pomacea insularum'' (D'Orbigny, 1839)<ref name="applesnail.net"/><ref name="Hayes 2012">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)". ''[[Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society]]'' '''166'''(4): 723–753. {{doi:10.1111/j.1096-3642.2012.00867.x}}.</ref>
* ''[[Pomacea megastoma]]'' (Sowerby I, 1825)
* ''[[Pomacea ocanensis]]'' (Kobelt, 1914)<ref name=worms/>
* ''[[Pomacea occulta]]'' (Q.-Q. Yang & X.-P. Yu, 2019)
* ''[[Pomacea paludosa]]'' (Say, 1829)<ref name="applesnail.net"/>
* ''[[Pomacea papyracea]]'' (Spix, 1827)<ref name="applesnail.net"/>
* ''[[Pomacea pealiana]]'' (Lea, 1838)<ref name="iucn"/>
* ''[[Pomacea poeyana]]'' (Pilsbry, 1927)<ref name="Vázquez 2010">Vázquez A. A. & Perera S. (2010). "Endemic Freshwater molluscs of Cuba and their conservation status". ''[[Tropical Conservation Science]]'' '''3'''(2): 190–199. [http://tropicalconservationscience.mongabay.com/content/v3/10-06-28_190-199_Perera&Valderrama.html HTM], [http://tropicalconservationscience.mongabay.com/content/v3/10-06-28_190-199_Perera&Valderrama.pdf PDF].</ref>
* ''[[Pomacea prunella]]'' (Hupé, 1857)
* ''[[Pomacea reyrei]]'' (Cousin, 1887)<ref name="iucn"/>
* ''[[Pomacea scalaris]]'' (D'Orbigny, 1835)<ref name="applesnail.net"/>
* ''[[Pomacea sinamarina]]'' (Bruguière, 1792)<ref>{{Cite web|title=WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Pomacea sinamarina (Bruguière, 1792)|url=https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=741103|access-date=2022-01-12|website=www.marinespecies.org}}</ref>
* ''[[Pomacea urceus]]'' (Müller, 1774)<ref name="applesnail.net"/>
* ''[[Pomacea vexillum]]'' (Reeve, 1856)<ref name="iucn"/>
* ''[[Pomacea zischkai]]'' (Blume & Pain, 1952)<ref name="iucn"/>
==As invasive species==
Because of the potential to destroy aquatic and marsh vegetation in the wild, the European Union has banned all imports of snails from the family Ampullariidae, which includes the genus ''Pomacea''.<ref name=EUban/>
Similarly, the United States prohibits all members of Ampullariidae except one from being imported or transported interstate, except with a permit for the purposes of research. The sole exception to this is ''[[Pomacea diffusa]]'' (formerly ''[[Pomacea bridgesii|P. bridgesii]]'') as it is not known to be an agricultural pest.<ref>{{Cite web|date=June 10, 2021|title=Snails and Slugs|url=https://www.aphis.usda.gov/aphis/ourfocus/planthealth/sa_import/sa_permits/plant-pests/sa_snails_slugs/ct_snails_slugs|access-date=January 11, 2022|publisher=[[Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service]]}}</ref>
== References ==
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== External links ==
{{Commons category|Pomacea}}
{{Wikispecies}}
* [http://entomology.ifas.ufl.edu/creatures/misc/gastro/apple_snails.htm applesnails of Florida, ''Pomacea'' spp.] on the [[University of Florida|UF]] / [[Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences|IFAS]] Featured Creatures Web site
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