EPPO Global Database

Pomacea canaliculata(POMACA)

Distribution details in United States of America (Florida)

Situation
Current pest situation evaluated by EPPO on the basis of information dated 2016: Present, few occurrences
Comments
Rawling et al. (2007) concluded that the records in Florida were in fact P. haustrum.
References
* Bernatis JL, Mcgaw IJ, Cross CL (2016) Abiotic tolerances in different life stages of apple snails Pomacea canaliculata and Pomacea maculata and the implications for distribution. Journal of Shellfish Research 35(4), 1013-1025.
-------- Only one location in Duval county (a residential retention lake).

* Rawlings TA, Hayes AK, Cowie RH, Collins TM (2007) The identity, distribution, and impacts of non-native apple snails in the continental United States. BMC Evolutionary Biology 7(97). Available online: http://www.biomedcentral.com/content/pdf/1471-2148-7-97.pdf

* NAPPO Alert of 2001-07-13.
------- Now considered to be a misidentification of P. haustrum.
Situation in neighbouring countries
Country State Status
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