spiketop applesnail (Pomacea bridgesii)

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Pomacea bridgesii
(spiketop applesnail)
Mollusks-Gastropods
Exotic to United States

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Pomacea bridgesii (Reeve, 1856)

Common name: spiketop applesnail

Taxonomy: available through


Alaska	Hawaii	Puerto Rico & Virgin Islands	Guam Saipan

Interactive maps: Point Distribution Maps

Nonindigenous Occurrences:

Other Resources:
Pomacea bridgesi (spiketop applesnail) (Gulf of Mexico Program)

Key to the applesnails of Floroida

Identification of applesnails (Pomacea) in U.S. waters (Howells)

California Academy of Sciences

Revision Date: 11/23/2004

Citation Information:
United States Geological Survey. 2012. Pomacea bridgesii. USGS Nonindigenous Aquatic Species Database, Gainesville, FL.
http://nas.er.usgs.gov/queries/FactSheet.aspx?speciesID=982 RevisionDate: 11/23/2004

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