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Cuba applesnail

Pomacea paludosa (Say, 1829)

Status not recordedsnails and slugs

The cuba applesnail (Pomacea paludosa) is a species in the family Ampullariidae, order Architaenioglossa.

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Quick facts about the cuba applesnail

Weight
Not recorded
Length
Not recorded
Lifespan
Not recorded
Main food
Not recorded
Habitat
Not recorded
Young per litter or clutch
Not recorded
Conservation status
Not recorded
Countries on record
Not recorded

Where does the cuba applesnail live?

Not recorded

Where has it been introduced?

The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species lists the cuba applesnail as introduced in 1 country.

  1. Israel

Introduced means brought by people and now present; invasive means the country's checklist records an impact. A species can be native to one part of a country and introduced in another. Source: Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species (CC BY 4.0).

Is the cuba applesnail endangered?

No conservation assessment is recorded for this species in our sources. That is not the same as being safe: it has not been matched to an assessment.

How is the cuba applesnail classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumMollusca
  3. classGastropoda
  4. orderArchitaenioglossa
  5. familyAmpullariidae
  6. genusPomacea
  7. SpeciesPomacea paludosa (Say, 1829)

Synonyms Ampullaria caliginosa, Ampullaria depressa, Ampullaria hopetonensis, Ampullaria miamiensis, Ampullaria paludosa, Ampullaria pinei, Ampullaria rotundata, Pomacea hepataria, Pomacea hopetonensis, Pomacea miamensis, Pomacea miamiensis, Pomacea paludosa, Pomacea paludosa flava, Pomacea pinei, Pomacea rotundata

Other names and names in other languages (11)
  • Cuba apple snailEnglish
  • Cuban apple snailEnglish
  • Florida apple snailEnglish
  • Florida applesnailEnglish
  • Kuba-ApfelschneckeGerman
  • アメリカリンゴガイJapanese
  • Помацея болотнаяRussian
  • 沼地福壽螺Chinese
  • Florida-ApfelschneckeGerman
  • 佛羅里達福壽螺Chinese
  • 佛羅里達蘋果螺Chinese

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of the cuba applesnail

Other species in the same genus Pomacea.

Apple snail

Pomacea canaliculata

AmpullariidaeNo free photo yet

Apple snail

Pomacea bridgesii

AmpullariidaeNo free photo yet

Apple snail

Pomacea glauca

AmpullariidaeNo free photo yet

Black conch

Pomacea urceus

AmpullariidaeNo free photo yet

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Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

Is the cuba applesnail an invasive species?

The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species lists the cuba applesnail as introduced in 1 country: Israel, but does not flag it as invasive in any of them.

What kind of animal is the cuba applesnail?

The cuba applesnail (Pomacea paludosa) belongs to the family Ampullariidae in the order Architaenioglossa.

Sources and how to cite this page

Data as of 2026-11-14. How this page is put together.

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APA

CreatureData. (2026). Cuba applesnail (Pomacea paludosa). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/cuba-applesnail

MLA

“Cuba applesnail (Pomacea paludosa).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/cuba-applesnail.

BibTeX
@misc{cuba_applesnail_2026,
  title = {Cuba applesnail (Pomacea paludosa)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/cuba-applesnail},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-14}
}