Specimen Information

Pomacea canaliculata
Pomacea canaliculata
(channeled applesnail)
Mollusks-Gastropods
Exotic

Specimen ID154276
GroupMollusks-Gastropods
GenusPomacea
Speciescanaliculata
Common Namechanneled applesnail
StateHI
CountyMaui
LocalityKoele golf course, water hazard at hole no. 15
Mapping AccuracyAccurate
HUC8 NameLanai
HUC8 Number20040000
HUC10 NameMahana
HUC10 Number2004000001
HUC12 NameMaunalei Gulch
HUC12 Number200400000103
Map
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Collection Day27
Collection Month4
Collection Year1995
Year AccuracyActual
Potential Pathwayreleased aquarium
Statusunknown
Reference 1
Ref. Number:35309
Author:Bishop Museum
Date:2002
Title:Hawaiian Freshwater & Terrestrial Mollusk Checklist
Publisher:The State Museum of Natural and Cultural History
Reference 2
Ref. Number:35308
Author:Cowie, R.H.
Date:1996
Title:New Records of Introduced Land and Freshwater Snails in the Hawaiian Islands
Journal:Bishop Museum Occasional Papers
Volume:46
Pages:25
Reference 3
Ref. Number:13100
Author:Staples, G.W., and R.H. Cowie.
Date:2001
Title:Hawaii's Invasive Species.
Publisher:Bishop Museum, Honolulu, HI.
Pages:116 pp
Comments"It was probably brought deliberately to Hawaii from Asia in about 1989 and has rapidly become a serious pest of taro."
Record TypeSpecimen
Earliest Recorddrainage
DisposalMuseum
Museum Cat NumberBPBM Malacology 250486
VerifierRobert H. Cowie
Freshwater/MarineFreshwater


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