EPPO Global Database

Pomacea maculata(POMAIN)

Distribution details in Brazil (Amazonas)

Situation
Current pest situation evaluated by EPPO on the basis of information dated 1989: Present, no details
References
* Glasheen PM, Burks RL, Campos SR & Hayes KA (2020) First evidence of introgressive hybridization of apple snails (Pomacea spp.) in their native range. Journal of Molluscan Studies 86(2), 96-103.
------- Specimens collected from Careiro Castanho (Amazonas), in some cases hybrids with P. canaliculata.

* Ho JS, Thatcher VE (1989) A new family of cyclopoid copepods (Ozmanidae) parasitic in the hemocoel of a snail from the Brazilian Amazon. Journal of Natural History 23(4),903-911 (abst.).
------- Specimens of P. maculata collected from several localities near Manaus.
Situation in neighbouring countries
Country State Status
Argentina Present, no details view...
Bolivia Absent, unreliable record view...
Paraguay Present, no details view...
Peru Absent, unreliable record view...
Uruguay Present, no details view...