Pomacea maculata(POMAIN)
Distribution details in United States of America (Georgia)
Current pest situation evaluated by EPPO on the basis of information dated
2019: Present, restricted distribution
First found in February 2005 in the Alabaha river (Pierce county). Other populations (including established ones) were found in ponds and streams of the Alabaha rivers, on St Simons' island (Glynn county) and at the mouth of the St Marys river (Camden county).
* Rawlings TA, Hayes AK, Cowie RH, Collins TM (2007) The identity, distribution, and impacts of non-native apple snails in the continental United States. BMC Evolutionary Biology 7(97). Available online: http://www.biomedcentral.com/content/pdf/1471-2148-7-97.pdf
* Underwood EB, Darden TL, O'donnell TP, Kingsley-Smith PR (2019) Population genetic structure and diversity of the invasive island apple snail Pomacea maculata (Perry, 1810) in South Carolina and Georgia. Journal of Shellfish Research 38(1), 163-175.
* Underwood EB, Darden TL, O'donnell TP, Kingsley-Smith PR (2019) Population genetic structure and diversity of the invasive island apple snail Pomacea maculata (Perry, 1810) in South Carolina and Georgia. Journal of Shellfish Research 38(1), 163-175.