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Ampullariidae, the Glossary

Ampullariidae, whose members are commonly known as apple snails, is a family of large freshwater snails that includes the mystery snail species.^[1]

88 relations: African Plate, Afropomus balanoideus, Amphibian, Ampullarioidea, Angiostrongylus cantonensis, Aphrodisiac, Aquarium, Aquatic animal, Asolene, Biological Journal of the Linnean Society, Biomphalaria, Bulinus, Calcareous, Cambodia, China, Cladogram, Common name, Ecosystem, Egg, Family (biology), Felipponea, Freshwater snail, Gastropoda, Genetic divergence, Gill, Gondwana, Gonochorism, Hawaii, Hermaphrodite, Hong Kong, Hydrobiologia, Indonesia, Japan, John Edward Gray, Journal of African Earth Sciences, Laguna Catemaco, Lanistes, Limpkin, Lung, Mantle (mollusc), Marisa (gastropod), Marisa cornuarietis, Mexico, Mollusca, New World, Operculum (gastropod), PalZ, Parasitism, Pest (organism), Philippines, ... Expand index (38 more) »
Extant Late Jurassic first appearances
Oxfordian first appearances

African Plate

The African Plate, also known as the Nubian Plate, is a major tectonic plate that includes much of the continent of Africa (except for its easternmost part) and the adjacent oceanic crust to the west and south.

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Afropomus balanoideus

Afropomus balanoidea is a species of freshwater snail, an aquatic gastropod mollusk in the family Ampullariidae, the apple snails and their allies.

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Amphibian

Amphibians are ectothermic, anamniotic, four-limbed vertebrate animals that constitute the class Amphibia.

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Ampullarioidea

Ampullarioidea is a taxonomic superfamily of freshwater snails, aquatic gastropod mollusks within the informal group Architaenioglossa, which belongs to the clade Caenogastropoda (unassigned).

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Angiostrongylus cantonensis

Angiostrongylus cantonensis is a nematode (roundworm) parasite that causes angiostrongyliasis, an infection that is the most common cause of eosinophilic meningitis in Southeast Asia and the Pacific Basin.

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Aphrodisiac

An aphrodisiac is a substance alleged to increase libido, sexual desire, sexual attraction, sexual pleasure, or sexual behavior.

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Aquarium

An aquarium (aquariums or aquaria) is a vivarium of any size having at least one transparent side in which aquatic plants or animals are kept and displayed.

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Aquatic animal

An aquatic animal is any animal, whether vertebrate or invertebrate, that lives in water for all or most of its lifetime.

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Asolene

Asolene is a genus of freshwater snails with an operculum, aquatic gastropod mollusks in the family Ampullariidae, the apple snails.

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Biological Journal of the Linnean Society

The Biological Journal of the Linnean Society is a direct descendant of the oldest biological journal in the world, the Transactions of the Linnean Society.

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Biomphalaria

Biomphalaria is a genus of air-breathing freshwater snails, aquatic pulmonates belonging to the family Planorbidae, the ram's horn snails and their allies.

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Bulinus

Bulinus is a genus of small tropical freshwater snails, aquatic gastropod mollusks in the family Bulinidae, the ramshorn snails and their allies.

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Calcareous

Calcareous is an adjective meaning "mostly or partly composed of calcium carbonate", in other words, containing lime or being chalky.

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Cambodia

Cambodia, officially the Kingdom of Cambodia, is a country in Mainland Southeast Asia.

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China

China, officially the People's Republic of China (PRC), is a country in East Asia.

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Cladogram

A cladogram (from Greek clados "branch" and gramma "character") is a diagram used in cladistics to show relations among organisms.

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Common name

In biology, a common name of a taxon or organism (also known as a vernacular name, English name, colloquial name, country name, popular name, or farmer's name) is a name that is based on the normal language of everyday life; and is often contrasted with the scientific name for the same organism, which is often based in Latin.

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Ecosystem

An ecosystem (or ecological system) is a system that environments and their organisms form through their interaction.

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Egg

An egg is an organic vessel grown by an animal to carry a possibly fertilized egg cell (a zygote) and to incubate from it an embryo within the egg until the embryo has become an animal fetus that can survive on its own, at which point the animal hatches.

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Family (biology)

Family (familia,: familiae) is one of the nine major hierarchical taxonomic ranks in Linnaean taxonomy.

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Felipponea

Felipponea is a genus of freshwater snails that have a gill and an operculum, aquatic gastropod mollusks in the family Ampullariidae, the apple snails.

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Freshwater snail

Freshwater snails are gastropod mollusks that live in fresh water.

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Gastropoda

Gastropods, commonly known as slugs and snails, belong to a large taxonomic class of invertebrates within the phylum Mollusca called Gastropoda.

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Genetic divergence

Genetic divergence is the process in which two or more populations of an ancestral species accumulate independent genetic changes (mutations) through time, often leading to reproductive isolation and continued mutation even after the populations have become reproductively isolated for some period of time, as there is not any genetic exchange anymore.

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Gill

A gill is a respiratory organ that many aquatic organisms use to extract dissolved oxygen from water and to excrete carbon dioxide.

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Gondwana

Gondwana was a large landmass, sometimes referred to as a supercontinent.

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Gonochorism

In biology, gonochorism is a sexual system where there are two sexes and each individual organism is either male or female.

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Hawaii

Hawaii (Hawaii) is an island state of the United States, in the Pacific Ocean about southwest of the U.S. mainland.

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Hermaphrodite

A hermaphrodite is a sexually reproducing organism that produces both male and female gametes.

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Hong Kong

Hong Kong is a special administrative region of the People's Republic of China.

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Hydrobiologia

Hydrobiologia, The International Journal of Aquatic Sciences, is a peer-reviewed scientific journal publishing 21 issues per year, for a total of well over 4000 pages per year.

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Indonesia

Indonesia, officially the Republic of Indonesia, is a country in Southeast Asia and Oceania between the Indian and Pacific oceans.

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Japan

Japan is an island country in East Asia, located in the Pacific Ocean off the northeast coast of the Asian mainland.

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John Edward Gray

John Edward Gray (12 February 1800 – 7 March 1875) was a British zoologist.

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Journal of African Earth Sciences

The Journal of African Earth Sciences is a peer-reviewed scientific journal published by Elsevier established in 1983.

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Laguna Catemaco

Laguna Catemaco (Laguna de Catemaco) is a freshwater lake located at the center of the Sierra de Los Tuxtlas in south central Veracruz near the city of Catemaco, in east central Mexico.

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Lanistes

Lanistes is a genus of freshwater snails which have a gill and an operculum, aquatic gastropod mollusks in the family Ampullariidae, the apple snails.

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Limpkin

The limpkin (Aramus guarauna), also called carrao, courlan, and crying bird, is a large wading bird related to rails and cranes, and the only extant species in the family Aramidae.

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Lung

The lungs are the central organs of the respiratory system in humans and some other animals, including tetrapods, some snails and a small number of fish.

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Mantle (mollusc)

The mantle (also known by the Latin word pallium meaning mantle, robe or cloak, adjective pallial) is a significant part of the anatomy of molluscs: it is the dorsal body wall which covers the visceral mass and usually protrudes in the form of flaps well beyond the visceral mass itself.

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Marisa (gastropod)

Marisa is a genus of freshwater snails in the family Ampullariidae, the apple snails.

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Marisa cornuarietis

Marisa cornuarietis, common name the Colombian ramshorn apple snail, is a species of large freshwater snail with an operculum, an aquatic gastropod mollusc in the family Ampullariidae, the apple snail family.

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Mexico

Mexico, officially the United Mexican States, is a country in the southern portion of North America.

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Mollusca

Mollusca is the second-largest phylum of invertebrate animals, after Arthropoda; members are known as molluscs or mollusks.

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New World

The term "New World" is used to describe the majority of lands of Earth's Western Hemisphere, particularly the Americas.

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Operculum (gastropod)

The operculum is a corneous or calcareous anatomical structure like a trapdoor that exists in many (but not all) groups of sea snails and freshwater snails, and also in a few groups of land snails; the structure is found in some marine and freshwater gastropods, and in a minority of terrestrial gastropods, including the families Helicinidae, Cyclophoridae, Aciculidae, Maizaniidae, Pomatiidae, etc.

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PalZ

PalZ (formerly Paläontologische Zeitschrift) is an international, peer-reviewed periodical focused on palaeontology and published by the palaeontological society of Germany (Paläontologische Gesellschaft).

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Parasitism

Parasitism is a close relationship between species, where one organism, the parasite, lives on or inside another organism, the host, causing it some harm, and is adapted structurally to this way of life.

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Pest (organism)

A pest is any organism harmful to humans or human concerns.

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Philippines

The Philippines, officially the Republic of the Philippines, is an archipelagic country in Southeast Asia.

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Philosophical Magazine

The Philosophical Magazine is one of the oldest scientific journals published in English.

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Phylogenetics

In biology, phylogenetics is the study of the evolutionary history and relationships among or within groups of organisms.

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Picts

The Picts were a group of peoples in what is now Scotland north of the Firth of Forth, in the Early Middle Ages.

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Pila (gastropod)

Pila is a genus of large freshwater snails with an operculum, African and Asian apple snails, aquatic gastropod mollusks in the family Ampullariidae, the apple snails.

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Plate tectonics

Plate tectonics is the scientific theory that Earth's lithosphere comprises a number of large tectonic plates, which have been slowly moving since 3–4 billion years ago.

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Pomacea

Pomacea is a genus of freshwater snails with gills and an operculum, aquatic gastropod mollusks in the family Ampullariidae, the apple snails.

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Pomacea bridgesii

Pomacea bridgesii, common name 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.

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Pomacea canaliculata

Pomacea canaliculata, commonly known as the golden apple snail or the channeled apple snail, is a species of large freshwater snail with gills and an operculum, an aquatic gastropod mollusc in the family Ampullariidae, the apple snails.

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Pomacea diffusa

Pomacea diffusa, common name the spike-topped apple snail or Mystery Snail, is a species of freshwater snail, an aquatic gastropod mollusk in the family Ampullariidae, the apple snails.

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Pomacea maculata

Pomacea maculata is a species of large freshwater snail with an operculum, an aquatic gastropod mollusk in the family Ampullariidae, the apple snails.

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Pomacea paludosa

Pomacea paludosa, common name the Florida applesnail, is a species of freshwater snail with an operculum, an aquatic gastropod mollusk in the family Ampullariidae, the apple snails.

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Pomella (gastropod)

Pomella is a genus of freshwater snails, aquatic gastropod mollusks in the family Ampullariidae, the apple snails.

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Predation

Predation is a biological interaction where one organism, the predator, kills and eats another organism, its prey.

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Protein

Proteins are large biomolecules and macromolecules that comprise one or more long chains of amino acid residues.

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Pulmonata

Pulmonata or pulmonates is an informal group (previously an order, and before that, a subclass) of snails and slugs characterized by the ability to breathe air, by virtue of having a pallial lung instead of a gill, or gills.

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Quarantine

A quarantine is a restriction on the movement of people, animals, and goods which is intended to prevent the spread of disease or pests.

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Respiration (physiology)

In physiology, respiration is the movement of oxygen from the outside environment to the cells within tissues, and the removal of carbon dioxide in the opposite direction to the surrounding environment.

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Respiratory system

The respiratory system (also respiratory apparatus, ventilatory system) is a biological system consisting of specific organs and structures used for gas exchange in animals and plants.

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Saulea

Saulea is a genus of freshwater snails with an operculum, aquatic gastropod mollusks in the family Ampullariidae, the apple snails.

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Schistosomiasis

Schistosomiasis, also known as snail fever, bilharzia, and Katayama fever, is a disease caused by parasitic flatworms called schistosomes.

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Siphon

A siphon (also spelled syphon) is any of a wide variety of devices that involve the flow of liquids through tubes.

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Sister group

In phylogenetics, a sister group or sister taxon, also called an adelphotaxon, comprises the closest relative(s) of another given unit in an evolutionary tree.

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Snail kite

The snail kite (Rostrhamus sociabilis) is a bird of prey within the family Accipitridae, which also includes the eagles, hawks, and Old World vultures.

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Snails as food

Snails are eaten in many areas such as the Mediterranean region, Africa, France and Southeast Asia, while in other cultures, snails are seen as a taboo food.

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South American Plate

The South American Plate is a major tectonic plate which includes the continent of South America as well as a sizable region of the Atlantic Ocean seabed extending eastward to the African Plate, with which it forms the southern part of the Mid-Atlantic Ridge.

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Swimmer's itch

Swimmer's itch, cercarial dermatitis or schistosome dermatitis is a short-term allergic contact dermatitis occurring in the skin of humans that have been infected by water-borne schistosomes, a type of flatworm.

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Taiwan

Taiwan, officially the Republic of China (ROC), is a country in East Asia.

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Taro

Taro (Colocasia esculenta) is a root vegetable.

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Taxonomy

Taxonomy is a practice and science concerned with classification or categorization.

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Taxonomy of the Gastropoda (Bouchet & Rocroi, 2005)

The taxonomy of the Gastropoda as it was revised in 2005 by Philippe Bouchet and Jean-Pierre Rocroi is a system for the scientific classification of gastropod mollusks (Gastropods are a taxonomic class of animals which consists of snails and slugs of every kind, from the land, from freshwater, and from saltwater).

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Taylor & Francis

Taylor & Francis Group is an international company originating in England that publishes books and academic journals.

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Thailand

Thailand, officially the Kingdom of Thailand and historically known as Siam (the official name until 1939), is a country in Southeast Asia on the Indochinese Peninsula.

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Trematoda

Trematoda is a class of flatworms known as flukes or trematodes.

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Tropics

The tropics are the regions of Earth surrounding the Equator.

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Veracruz

Veracruz, formally Veracruz de Ignacio de la Llave, officially the Estado Libre y Soberano de Veracruz de Ignacio de la Llave (Free and Sovereign State of Veracruz de Ignacio de la Llave), is one of the 31 states which, along with Mexico City, comprise the 32 Federal Entities of Mexico.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ampullariidae

Also known as Apple Snail, Golden mystery snail, Pilidae, Pomaceae, Tegogolo.

, Philosophical Magazine, Phylogenetics, Picts, Pila (gastropod), Plate tectonics, Pomacea, Pomacea bridgesii, Pomacea canaliculata, Pomacea diffusa, Pomacea maculata, Pomacea paludosa, Pomella (gastropod), Predation, Protein, Pulmonata, Quarantine, Respiration (physiology), Respiratory system, Saulea, Schistosomiasis, Siphon, Sister group, Snail kite, Snails as food, South American Plate, Swimmer's itch, Taiwan, Taro, Taxonomy, Taxonomy of the Gastropoda (Bouchet & Rocroi, 2005), Taylor & Francis, Thailand, Trematoda, Tropics, Veracruz, Winston Ponder, World Register of Marine Species, Zoologica Scripta.

Ampullariidae, the Glossary

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Extant Late Jurassic first appearances

Oxfordian first appearances

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