Pomacea glauca

Pomacea glauca is a species of freshwater snail, an aquatic gastropod mollusk in the family Ampullariidae, the apple snails.

Pomacea glauca
Apertural view of a shell of Pomacea glauca
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Architaenioglossa
Family:	Ampullariidae
Genus:	Pomacea
Species:	P. glauca
Binomial name
Pomacea glauca (Linnaeus, 1758)

The species varies greatly in color, shape and size, growing to around 70 mm. Its colors include a pale yellow with brown spiral bands to darker shades of brown or purple with darker bands.

Distribution

The species is found in the Dominican Republic, the Lesser Antilles and northern South America including Venezuela, Colombia,^[2] Brazil and on the West Indian island of Dominica.^[3]

Ecology

This snail generally inhabits clean and clear water, where it can reach high population densities. The eggs are bright green and around the size of a small pea.^[2]