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Asolene platae

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Species of snail

Asolene platae
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Architaenioglossa
Superfamily: Ampullarioidea
Family: Ampullariidae
Subfamily: Pomaceinae
Genus: Asolene
Species: A. platae
Binomial name
Asolene platae
(Maton, 1811)
Synonyms
  • Ampullaria cyclostoma Spix, 1827 · unaccepted
  • Ampullaria elegans d'Orbigny, 1835 · unaccepted
  • Ampullaria naticoides d'Orbigny, 1835 · unaccepted
  • Ampullaria storeria Jay, 1839 · unaccepted
  • Helix platae Maton, 1811 · unaccepted (original combination)

Asolene platae is a species of freshwater snail in the family Ampullariidae, first described by William George Maton in 1811.

Distribution

The species is native to the Río de la Plata basin. They are also found in the pet trade where they are often sold under the name zebra apple snails.

Reproduction

A. platae is a gonochoric species which lays its eggs underwater in a gelatinous mass.

References

  1. ^ "Molluscabase - Asolene platae (Maton, 1811)".
  2. Tiecher, María J.; Seuffert, María E.; Martín, Pablo R. (2015). "Thermal Biology of the South American Apple Snail Asolene platae(Caenogastropoda: Ampullariidae)". Malacologia. 58 (1–2): 233–243. doi:10.4002/040.058.0208. hdl:11336/6333. S2CID 86335924.
  3. ^ Tiecher, María J.; Burela, Silvana; Martín, Pablo R. (2016). "Life cycle of the South American apple snail Asolene platae(Maton, 1811) (Caenogastropoda: Ampullariidae) under laboratory conditions". Journal of Molluscan Studies. 82 (3): 432–439. doi:10.1093/mollus/eyw007.
  4. Tiecher, María José; Burela, Silvana; Martín, Pablo Rafael (2017). "First record of colour polymorphism in the Neotropical apple snail Asolene platae: Inheritance mechanism and evidence for multiple paternity". Molluscan Research. 37 (3): 187–193. doi:10.1080/13235818.2017.1297008. hdl:11336/58408. S2CID 91124314.
  5. Martín, SM; Negrete, LHL (2007). "Radular ultrastructure of South American Ampullariidae (Gastropoda: Prosobranchia)". Brazilian Journal of Biology. 67 (4): 721–726. doi:10.1590/S1519-69842007000400019. PMID 18278326.
Taxon identifiers
Asolene platae


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