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Pomacea canaliculata (Apple snail; Channeled apple snail; Golden apple snail; channeled applesnail; Golden kuhol; Miracle snail; Gelbe Apfelschnecke)

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Wikipedia Abstract

Pomacea canaliculata, common name the channeled applesnail, is a species of large freshwater snail with gills and an operculum, an aquatic gastropod mollusk in the family Ampullariidae, the apple snails.South American in origin, this species is considered to be in the top 100 of the "World's Worst Invasive Alien Species".
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Invasive Species

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Predators

Caiman latirostris (Broad-snouted caiman)[1]

Consumers

Parasitized by 
Angiostrongylus cantonensis (rat lungworm)[2]
Catadiscus pomaceae[2]
Temnocephala haswelli[2]
Temnocephala iheringi[2]
Xiphidiocercaria II <Unverified Name>[2]

External References

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Citations

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♦ 1"Food habits of the Broad‐snouted Caiman (Caiman latirostris: Crocodylia, Alligatoridae) in northwestern Uruguay", C. Borteiro, F. Gutiérrez, M. Tedros & F. Kolencb, Studies on Neotropical Fauna and Environment Volume 44, Issue 1, 2009
♦ 2Gibson, D. I., Bray, R. A., & Harris, E. A. (Compilers) (2005). Host-Parasite Database of the Natural History Museum, London
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Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0