Pomacea canaliculata(POMACA)
Distribution details in Trinidad and Tobago
Current pest situation evaluated by EPPO on the basis of information dated
2015: Present, no details
First found (shells) in January 2014 in the Guanapo river in Trinidad. In September 2014, adults specimens were found at Mausica. However, establishment remains to be confirmed.
* Mohammed RS (2015) Potential new establishment of an exotic snail, Pomacea canaliculata (Lamarck 1891) (Gastropoda: Ampullariidae) in Trinidad. Living World,. Journal of the Trinidad and Tobago Field Naturalists’ Club, 67-68.