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Apple snail

Pomacea glauca (Linnaeus, 1758)

Status not recordedsnails and slugs

The apple snail (Pomacea glauca) is a species in the family Ampullariidae, order Architaenioglossa.

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Quick facts about the apple snail

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 apple snail live?

Not recorded

Where has it been introduced?

The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species lists the apple snail as introduced in 2 countries.

  1. Dominican Republic
  2. Germany

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 apple snail 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 apple snail classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumMollusca
  3. classGastropoda
  4. orderArchitaenioglossa
  5. familyAmpullariidae
  6. genusPomacea
  7. SpeciesPomacea glauca (Linnaeus, 1758)

Synonyms Ampullaria balteata, Ampullaria castanea, Ampullaria crocostoma, Ampullaria cuprina, Ampullaria dubia, Ampullaria effusa, Ampullaria effusa var. conica, Ampullaria effusa var. tristis, Ampullaria geveana, Ampullaria geveana var. suprafasciata, Ampullaria gevesensis, Ampullaria glauca, Ampullaria glauca var. oronocensis, Ampullaria guadelupensis, Ampullaria luteostoma, Ampullaria orinoccensis, Ampullaria oronocensis, Ampullaria pachystoma, Ampullaria philippiana, Ampullaria prunulum, Ampullaria tamsiana, Ampullaria teres, Ampullarius gevesensis, Ampullarius glaucus, Effusa luteostoma, Helix glauca, Helix neritina, Helix oculuscommunis, Nerita effusa, Pomacea glauca, Pomacea glauca f. philippiana, Pomacea glauca glauca, Pomacea glauca orinoccensis

Other names and names in other languages (1)
  • Ampullaire verdâtreFrench

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of the apple snail

Other species in the same genus Pomacea.

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Pomacea canaliculata

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Pomacea urceus

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Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

Is the apple snail an invasive species?

The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species lists the apple snail as introduced in 2 countries: Dominican Republic and Germany, but does not flag it as invasive in any of them.

What kind of animal is the apple snail?

The apple snail (Pomacea glauca) 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). Apple snail (Pomacea glauca). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/pomacea-glauca

MLA

“Apple snail (Pomacea glauca).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/pomacea-glauca.

BibTeX
@misc{pomacea_glauca_2026,
  title = {Apple snail (Pomacea glauca)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/pomacea-glauca},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-14}
}