EPPO Global Database

Pomacea canaliculata(POMACA)

Distribution details in Israel

Situation
Current pest situation evaluated by EPPO on the basis of information dated 2016: Present, few occurrences
Pest status declared by NPPO: Under official control (2016-05)
Comments
From NPPO (2016): no evidence of the existence of Pomacea in nature in Israel. Occasionally found in aquarium shops and sometimes in freshwater decorative pools in public parks. In such cases, eradication measures are always taken.
References
* NPPO of Israel (2016-05).

* Roll U, Dayan T, Simberloff D, Mienis HK (2009) Non-indigenous land and freshwater gastropods in Israel. Biological Invasions 11, 1963-1972.