| Pomacea occulta | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Architaenioglossa |
| Superfamily: | Ampullarioidea |
| Family: | Ampullariidae |
| Subfamily: | Pomaceinae |
| Genus: | Pomacea |
| Species: | P. occulta |
| Binomial name | |
| Pomacea occulta Q.-Q. Yang & X.-P. Yu, 2019[1] | |
Pomacea occulta is a species offreshwater snail in the familyAmpullariidae.[2] Previously misidentified as thecryptically similarPomacea maculata,P. occulta was differentiated by Yang and Yu in 2019 usingDNA barcoding andmolecular systematics.[1]
This species has only been identified frominvasive populations in China, so its native region is not known, but would be somewhere in South America.[1]
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