Pomacea Perry, 1810

Araya, Juan Francisco, 2015, Current status of the non-indigenous molluscs in Chile, with the first record of Otala punctata (Müller, 1774) (Gastropoda: Helicidae) in the country and new records for Cornu aspersum (Müller, 1774) and Deroceras laeve (Müller, 1774), Journal of Natural History 49 (29), pp. 1731-1761 : 1735

Genus Pomacea Perry, 1810

Pomacea bridgesii ( Reeve, 1856)

Description

Reeve (1856), Coelho et al. (2012).

Distribution

Native to America, Amazon Basin ( Brazil, Peru, Bolivia) ( Cowie and Thiengo 2003). In Chile, this species was found for the first time in the country in 2000 ( Letelier et al. 2007) and has been recorded only in Santiago (33°27 ʹ S, 70°38 ʹ W).

Possible mechanism of introduction/Status

Aquarium trade/established ( Letelier et al. 2007).

Remarks

Polyphagous, invasive, they can compete with native freshwater species ( Aditya and Raut 2001). EA, I.