Pomacea auriformis

Pomacea auriformis is a species of freshwater snail in the family Ampullariidae, described by Lovell Augustus Reeve in 1856 as Ampullaria auriformis.^[1] Its distribution is along the Caribbean coast of Central America.^[2] There has been debate over whether this species may be a subspecies of Ampullaria hopetonensis.^[3]

Pomacea auriformis
Scientific classification (disputed)
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Architaenioglossa
Superfamily:	Ampullarioidea
Family:	Ampullariidae
Subfamily:	Pomaceinae
Genus:	Pomacea
Species:	P. auriformis
Binomial name
Pomacea auriformis Reeve, 1856
Synonyms[1]
Ampullaria auriformis Reeve, 1856 (original combination) Pomacea (Pomacea) auriformis (Reeve, 1856) · accepted, alternate representation