Pomacea bridgesii

(Reeve, 1856) · species

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Animalia/Mollusca/Gastropoda/Architaenioglossa/Ampullariidae/Pomacea

At a glance

Occurrence records54

Data sources5

Biological traits2

DNA specimens0

eDNA detections9

Sources5 archives

Databases and archives Pomacea bridgesii's data was compiled from.

WikipediaWikimedia Foundation1 languages↗

GBIFGlobal Biodiversity Information Facility54 records↗

ENAEuropean Nucleotide Archive · EMBL-EBI9 eDNA detections↗

Open Tree of LifeOpenTreephylogeny backbone↗

Catalogue of LifeCOLtaxonomy↗

On this page4 sections

Every layer below draws on the sources above — open one to explore it, or use ← → to move between tabs.

NarrativeWikipediaarticle

Traits & measurements1 literature sources2 traits

Occurrence & distributionGBIF54 records

Environmental DNA1 datasets · 0 countries9 detections

01Narrative

Pomacea bridgesii, common names the spike-topped apple snail or mystery snail, is a South American species of freshwater snail with gills and an operculum, an aquatic gastropod mollusk in the family Ampullariidae. These snails were most likely introduced to the United States through the aquarium trade.

No narrative description available for this taxon yet.

02Traits & measurements

SourcesSeaLifeBase

Habitat & environment2

Habitat freshwateryes

Habitat zonebenthic

05DNA & barcoding9 eDNA hits

A DNA barcode is a short, standardised stretch of genes that works like a fingerprint — enough to tell one species from another. Below is the molecular trace Pomacea bridgesii has left across the world's sequence archives.

At a glance

eDNA detections9

08Occurrence & distribution

Record type54 records

Wild obs. + sensor16

Museum / vouchered37

Other1

Origin

Native3

Range

Area of Occupancy AOO184 km²

Wildobservation + sensor

Human sightings and records, or camera-trap / sensor detections — someone (or a device) saw or captured the species in the wild.

Coordinate accuracy60% within 1 km

≤100 m 3≤1 km 6≤10 km 3>10 km 3

15 georeferenced · 1 without coordinates

Open the mapobservation + sensor16

Museum / Voucheredphysical evidence

Backed by a physical specimen — a herbarium sheet, sample or voucher held in a collection. “Vouchered” means supported by material evidence, not just an observation.

Coordinate accuracy0% within 1 km

≤10 km 4>10 km 2

6 georeferenced · 31 without coordinates

Open the institutions mapphysical evidence37

Wildobservation + sensor

Human sightings and records, or camera-trap / sensor detections — someone (or a device) saw or captured the species in the wild.

10Collections & institutions

Holding institutions3 of 6 geolocated

Institutions and collections holding physical, vouchered specimens of this species — click a row to fly to it on the map.

Institution	Specimens
Florida Museum of Natural History- Zoology, Paleontology & Paleobotanylocation not on record	21
Cambridge, US	6
Museu Nacional/Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeirolocation not on record	5
Champaign, US	2
PUC-RSlocation not on record	2
Chicago, US	1

6 institutions · 37 of 37 vouchered records shown

09Environmental DNA9 detections

Where the DNA of Pomacea bridgesii was picked up in samples of water, soil or air — nobody saw the organism, only its DNA left behind. A trace is a clue that the species was near, not a confirmed sighting.

Signal

Detections DNA found9

Studies independent surveys1

Signal confidence: weakweighed across independent studies, places & mapped detections

Where its DNA was found

0 of 9 detections have coordinates

Open the map0 countries0

How strong is each trace?

DNA read depthRead counts were not reported for this species — the map shows presence only, not how strong each trace was.

How to read this: each dot is one detection of this species' DNA in an environmental sample. The confidence meter weighs how many independent studies and places back up the signal — one detection in one study is a hint; many across several studies is solid. Records dated before 2008 (when eDNA methods began) are treated as likely mislabeled and left off the map.

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