Specimen ID | 1468681 |
Group | Mollusks-Gastropods |
Genus | Pomacea |
Species | maculata |
Common Name | giant applesnail |
State | TX |
County | Cameron |
Locality | Ponds (oxbow lake) at Brownsville Fish Hatchery, Cameron County, Texas |
Mapping Accuracy | Accurate |
HUC8 Name | South Laguna Madre |
HUC8 Number | 12110208 |
HUC10 Name | Brownsville Ship Channel |
HUC10 Number | 1211020809 |
HUC12 Name | Bahia Grande-Brownsville Ship Channel |
HUC12 Number | 121102080900 |
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Collection Day | 20 |
Collection Month | 11 |
Collection Year | 2015 |
Year Accuracy | Actual |
Potential Pathway | hitch hiker | released |
Status | established |
Reference 1 |
Ref. Number: | 29992 |
Author: | Perez, K.E., V.G. Gamboa, C.M. Schneider, and R.L. Burks |
Date: | 2017 |
Title: | Resaca supports range expansion of invasive apple snails (Pomacea maculata Perry, 1810; Caenogastropoda: Ampullariidae) to the Rio Grande Valley, Texas |
Journal: | Check List |
Volume: | 13 |
Issue: | 3 |
Pages: | 1-9 |
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Comments | Egg masses found on emergent vegetation, and 7 clutches collected; adult apple snail shells collected the following May |
Record Type | Literature |
Museum Cat Number | USNM 1411272–1411287 |
Freshwater/Marine | Freshwater |
Number Collected | 7 clutches |