Ampullariidae

Mystery snail Pomacea bridgesi, copyright Stijn Ghesquiere.

Belongs within: Gastropoda.
Contains: Lanistes, Ampullaria.

The Ampullariidae, apple snails, are large freshwater snails characterised by the presence of a lung between the gill and osphradium. Molecular phylogenetic analysis supports division of the family between the Old World Ampullariinae and the New World Pomaceinae. Certain species of Pomacea, such as the golden apple snail P. canaliculata and the mystery snail P. bridgesii, are cultivated for the ornamental aquarium trade and have become introduced outside their native ranges.

Characters (from Simone 2011): Shell globose. Operculum with an upper projection. Osphradium pectinate located on a folded stalk. Lung located between gill and osphradium. Heart with ampulla at anterior aorta.

<==Ampullariidae [Ampullariadae, Ampullarioidea, Pilidae] S11
    |  i. s.: Marisa Gray 1824 BM07, RGG06
    |           |--*M. intermedia Gray 1824 [=Ampullaria intermedia] PB27
    |           |--M. cornuarietis (Linné 1767) BM07
    |           `--M. planogyra Pilsbry 1933 S11
    |         Pomella Gray 1847 BM07, RGG06
    |           |--*P. megastoma (Sowerby 1825) PB27, RGG06 [=Ampullaria megastoma PB27]
    |           `--P. americanista (Ihering 1919) RGG06
    |         Surinamia BM07
    |         ‘Valvata’ gregorii Robinson 1915 G88
    |--Ampullariinae [Ampullariini] BR17
    |    |--Lanistes BR05
    |    |--Ampullaria BR05
    |    |--Saulea Gray 1868 [Sauleini] BR05
    |    |    `--*S. vitrea (Born 1778) [=Helix vitrea] BR17
    |    `--Afropomus Pilsbry & Bequaert 1927 BR17, BR05 [Afropomidae, Afropominae]
    |         `--*A. balanoideus (Gould 1850) [=Ampullaria balanoidea] BR17
    `--Pomacea Perry 1810 BR05 (see below for synonymy)
         |  i. s.: *P. maculata Perry 1810 BR17
         |         ‘Ampullarius’ columellaris [=*Limnopomus columellaris] PB27
         |         P. (Ceratodes) cornuarietis PB27
         |         P. (Limnopomus) crassa (Swainson 1823) [incl. Ampullaria brownii Jay 1839] BC01
         |         P. depressa AS07
         |         P. dolioides PB27
         |         'Ampullarius’ flagellatus PB27
         |         P. gevesensis PB27 [=Ampullarius gevesensis C60]
         |         P. gigas (Spix 1827) RGG06
         |         ‘Ampullarius’ guyanensis [incl. Ampullaria erythrostoma Reeve 1856] PB27
         |         P. insularum (d’Orbigny 1835) RGG06
         |         P. luteostoma PB27
         |         P. paludosa KG03
         |         P. patula PB27
         |           |--P. p. patula PB27
         |           `--P. p. catemacensis PB27
         |         ‘Nerita’ urceus [=*Ampullarius urceus, *Conchylium urceus, *Pomus urceus] PB27
         |--P. crosseana (Higalgo 1871) S11
         `--+--Felipponea Dall 1919 S11, RGG06
            |    |--F. elongata (Dall 1921) RGG06
            |    |--F. iheringi (Pilsbry 1933) RGG06
            |    `--F. neritiniformis Dall 1919 S11
            `--+--P. scalaris (Orbigny 1835) S11
               `--+--P. curumim Simone 2004 S11
                  `--+--P. lineata (Spix 1827) S11
                     `--+--+--P. bridgesi (Reeve 1856) S11
                        |  `--P. sordida (Swainson 1823) S11
                        `--+--P. canaliculata Lamark 1804 S11
                           |    |--P. c. canaliculata RGG06
                           |    `--P. c. chaquensis RGG06
                           `--Asolene d’Orbigny 1875 S11, RGG06
                                |--A. megastoma (Sowerby 1825) S11
                                |--A. platae (Maton 1809) RGG06
                                |--A. pulchella (Anton 1839) RGG06
                                `--A. spixii (d’Orbigny 1835) RGG06

Pomacea Perry 1810 BR05 [incl. Ampullarius Denys de Montfort 1810 PB27, Conchylium Cuvier 1816 PB27, Limnopomus Dall 1904 PB27, Pomus Adams & Adams 1856 non Gray 1847 PB27; Pomaceinae BR17]

*Type species of generic name indicated

REFERENCES

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[BR05] Bouchet, P., & J.-P. Rocroi. 2005. Classification and nomenclator of gastropod families. Malacologia 47 (1–2): 1–397.

[BR17] Bouchet, P., J.-P. Rocroi, B. Hausdorf, A. Kaim, Y. Kano, A. Nützel, P. Parkhaev, M. Schrödl & E. E. Strong. 2017. Revised classification, nomenclator and typification of gastropod and monoplacophoran families. Malacologia 61 (1–2): 1–526.

[BC01] Boyko, C., B. & J. R. Cordeiro. 2001. Catalog of Recent type specimens in the Division of Invertebrate Zoology, American Museum of Natural History. V. Mollusca, part 2 (class Gastropoda [exclusive of Opisthobranchia and Pulmonata], with supplements to Gastropoda [Opisthobranchia], and Bivalvia). Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 262: 1–170.

[BM07] Burela, S., & P. R. Martín. 2007. Nuptial feeding in the freshwater snail Pomacea canaliculata (Gastropoda: Ampullariidae). Malacologia 49 (2): 465–470.

[C60] Cox, L. R. 1960. Gastropoda: general characteristics of Gastropoda. In: Moore, R. C. (ed.) Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology pt I. Mollusca 1: Mollusca—General Features, Scaphopoda, Amphineura, Monoplacophora, Gastropoda—General Features, Archaeogastropoda and some (mainly Paleozoic) Caenogastropoda and Opisthobranchia pp. I84–I169. Geological Society of America, and University of Kansas Press.

[G88] Gray, J. 1988. Evolution of the freshwater ecosystem: the fossil record. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 62: 1–214.

[KG03] Kingsley, R. J., R. van Gilder, R. Z. LeGros & N. Watabe. 2003. Multimineral calcareous deposits in the marine alga Acetabularia acetabulum (Chlorophyta; Dasycladaceae). Journal of Phycology 39: 937–947.

[PB27] Pilsbry, H. A., & J. Bequaert. 1927. The aquatic mollusks of the Belgian Congo, with a geographical and ecological account of Congo malacology. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 53 (2): 69–602, pls 10–77.

[RGG06] Rumi, A., D. E. Gutiérrez Gregoric, V. Núñez, I. I. César, M. A. Roche, M. P. Tassara, S. M. Martín & M. F. López Armengol. 2006. Freshwater Gastropoda from Argentina: species richness, distribution patterns, and an evaluation of endangered species. Malacologia 49 (1): 189–208.

[S11] Simone, L. R. L. 2011. Phylogeny of the Caenogastropoda (Mollusca), based on comparative morphology. Arquivos de Zoologia 42 (4): 161–323.

Last updated: 24 February 2022.