Spike-topped Apple Snail
Pomacea diffusa
Mollusca
RARE
Stats
- Lifespan
- 1-3 years
- Size
- Small
- Diet
- Herbivore
- Activity
- Nocturnal
- Social
- Solitary
- Biome
- Freshwater wetland
- Range
- South America
- Movement
- Slithering
- Breeding
- Egg-laying
- Defense
- Armor
- Status
- Rare
About
Pomacea diffusa, commonly known as the spike-topped apple snail, is a freshwater snail belonging to the Mollusca group. These snails are named for their distinctive spikes on their shells, which are actually modified tentacles used for defense and sensing their environment.
Life cycle
- 1.juvenileA juvenile mollusk takes adult form after its larval phase and begins building or growing its shell.
- 2.adultFully grown at adult shell size or body length.
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Taxonomy
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Mollusca
- Class
- Gastropoda
- Order
- Architaenioglossa
- Family
- Ampullariidae
- Genus
- Pomacea
- Species
- Pomacea diffusa