Scientific Name: Pila scutata Mousson, 1848
Synonym: Ampullaria scutata (Currently unaccepted)
English Name: Asian apple snail
Photo: Joop Trausel and Frans Slieker(molluscbase)
Classification:
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Order: Architaenioglossa
Family: Ampullariidae
Description:
The color of the shell ranges from light to dark brown, occasionally with a slight green tint. The shell has an oval opening, and the umbilicus is narrow and nearly sealed. The lip is somewhat thickened, and the shell surface is smooth. The operculum is calcified and has a height that is twice its width.
Habitat & Distribution in Bangladesh:
Not commonly in brackish water in low salinity rivers of the Sundarbans
Environment:
freshwater
References:
DNA Barcodes from Bangladesh
GenBank Accession Number:
Other DNA Barcodes & Nucleutide Sequences
Global IUCN conservation status:
Other Information
