EPPO Global Database

Pomacea canaliculata(POMACA)

Distribution details in Ecuador

Situation
Current pest situation evaluated by EPPO on the basis of information dated 2019: Present, no details
First recorded in: 2000s
References
* Horgan FG, Felix MI, Portalanza DE, Sánchez L, Moya Rios WM, Farah SE, Wither JA, Andrade CI, Espin EB (2014) Responses by farmers to the apple snail invasion of Ecuador’s rice fields and attitudes toward predatory snail kites. Crop Protection 62: 135-143

* Mero M, Pernía B, Ramírez-Prado N, Bravo K, Ramírez L, Larreta E, Egas F (2019) Concentración de cadmio en agua, sedimentos, Eichhornia crassipes y Pomacea canaliculata en el río guayas (Ecuador) y sus afluentes. Revista internacional de contaminación ambiental, 35(3), 623-640. https://doi.org/10.20937/rica.2019.35.03.09 (in Spanish with English summary)
------- present in Guayas river and the tributaries, Daule and Babahoyo rivers.
Situation in neighbouring countries
Country State Status
Peru Present, restricted distribution view...