Species Pomacea diffusa Blume, 1957
- Pomacea bridgesi diffusa Blume, W. 1957. Eine bis heute unbekannte Interart von Pomacea bridgesi Rve. Opuscula Zoologica 1: 1-2 [1, unnumbered text figs].
Type data:
Holotype ZSM 20011991, Lagune mitten in der Stadt St. Cruz, Bolivia.
Miscellaneous Literature Names
- Pomacea bridgesi Reeve, 1856 [auct. bridgesi is a misidentification and has been widely used by Australian authors. Hayes et al. (2009) consider diffusa to be the valid species name for the common species sold in the global aquarium trade].
Distribution
Recorded from "Australia".
Extra Distribution Information
Introduced from aquarium trade.
Ecological Descriptors
Freshwater.
General References
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 [62]
Hayes, K.A., Cowie, R.H. & Thiengo, S.C. 2009. A global phylogeny of apple snails: Gondwanan origin, generic relationships, and the influence of outgroup choice (Caenogastropoda: Ampullariidae). Biological Journal of the Linnean Society of London 98: 61-76 [72]
History of changes
Note that this list may be incomplete for dates prior to September 2013.
| Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| AMPULLARIOIDEA | 23-Aug-2012 | ADDED | Dr Winston Ponder (AM) Mr Des Beechey (AM) Ms Anouk Mututantri (AM) |