Before sharing sensitive information online, make sure youâre on a .gov or .mil site by inspecting your browserâs address (or âlocationâ) bar. Sherley, G. 2000. Ontario's Invading Species Awareness Program (Canada). [11], The species has been found in China since 1981. This family is in the superfamily Ampullarioidea and is the type family of that superfamily. Electronic Data Information Source Publication #ENY323. 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2012-1.RLTS.T166261A1124485.en, "More than "100 worst" alien species in Europe", http://www.in.gov/dnr/files/CHANNELED_APPLE_SNAIL.pdf, "Amazonian apple snails found in Baldwin pond", doi/10.1371/journal.pntd.0000368.g004 map of distribution in 2007, "Invasive snails and an emerging infectious disease: results from the first national survey on Angiostrongylus cantonensis in China", doi/10.1371/journal.pntd.0000368.g004 figure 4, "Registro de Pomacea canaliculata (LAMARCK, 1822) (AMPULLARIIDAE), molusco exótico para el norte de Chile", http://www.columbia.edu/itc/cerc/danoff-burg/invasion_bio/inv_spp_summ/Pomacea_canaliculata.html, "The identity, distribution, and impacts of non-native apple snails in the continental United States", "The role of the proteinase inhibitor ovorubin in apple snail eggs resembles plant embryo defense against predation", "Human angiostrongyliasis outbreak in Dali, China", "Children's traditional ecological knowledge of wild food resources: a case study in a rural village in Northeast Thailand", "Taxonomy of Golden Apple Snails (Ampullariidae)", "Molluscs for Sale: Assessment of Freshwater Gastropods and Bivalves in the Ornamental Pet Trade", South American channeled apple snail discovered in Georgia, "Statewide strategic control plan for apple snail (, http://www.applesnail.net/content/species/pomacea_canaliculata.htm, Species Profile - Channeled Apple Snail (, United States National Agricultural Library, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Pomacea_canaliculata&oldid=1000994919, Articles to be expanded from December 2009, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License, This page was last edited on 17 January 2021, at 19:08. [3], The native distribution of P. canaliculata is basically tropical and subtropical,[4] including Argentina, Bolivia, Paraguay, Uruguay, and Brazil. See also: Fact Sheets for more information about individual invasive species, including those listed as "Prohibited Noxious" and "Noxious" under the Alberta Weed Control Act. Genus: Pomacea. [12] Its initial point of distribution in China was Zhongshan city. [6] Adult females oviposit on emergent vegetation at night, but will also lay their eggs on rocks and manmade surfaces like boats. Another name for the snail is the Golden Apple Snail. The duration of the reproductive period of P. canaliculata decreases with latitude, to a minimum of six months in the southern limit of its natural distribution. University of Florida. Applesnails are larger than most freshwater snails and can be separated from other freshwater species by their oval shell which has the umbilicus (the axially aligned, hollow, cone-shaped space within the whorls of a coiled mollusc shell) of the shell perforated or broadly open. Indiana Department of Natural Resources, 16 June 2005. Center for Invasive Species and Ecosystem Health. They range in color from greenish to yellowish to dark brown. The shell opening (aperture) is large and oval to round. 2008. The .gov means itâs official.Federal government websites always use a .gov or .mil domain. They are then taken out of their shells, cut, and cleaned in salted water. Instead of catching on, snails were released or escaped and have become a major agricultural pest.