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Florida Apple Snail

Pomacea paludosa

1,969 observations in the source records

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What the records say

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Georgia.January 10, February 11, March 10, April 15, May 12, June 7, July 6, August 6, September 8, October 9, November 7, December 9.
United States1,925
Georgia110
Alabama101
Canada24
Alberta8
British Columbia8
Nunavut8
South Carolina4
North Carolina3
Oklahoma1

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Traits

Physical

  • Shell-bearingProtected by a hard shellFrom its classification

Classification

KingdomAnimals · Animalia
PhylumMolluscs · Mollusca
ClassGastropods · Gastropoda
Orderapple snails, river snails, and allies · Architaenioglossa
FamilyApple Snails · Ampullariidae
GenusCommon Apple Snails · Pomacea

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