EPPO Global Database

Pomacea maculata(POMAIN)

Distribution details in United States of America (Louisiana)

Situation
Current pest situation evaluated by EPPO on the basis of information dated 2021: Present, no details
First recorded in: 2006
Comments
Found in 2006, in Verret Canal in Gretna (Jefferson county).
References
* INTERNET
US Geological Survey. Non-indigenous aquatic species. Pomacea insularum. http://nas.er.usgs.gov/queries/factsheet.aspx?SpeciesID=2599

* Lucero JM (2021) Regional Expansion and Evaluation of Potential Chemical Control for Invasive Apple Snails (Pomacea maculata) in Southwest Louisiana (Doctoral dissertation, Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College). LSU Master's Theses. 5461.
https://digitalcommons.lsu.edu/gradschool_theses/5461

* 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.