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Pila virescens
Pila virescens is a species of freshwater snail in the family Ampullariidae, the apple snails....
From the article Pila virescens on Wikipedia (CC BY-SA), quoted section by section
Description
The shell can grow quite large, up to 95 mm, its diameter 68 mm. (Original description in Latin of Ampullaria pagoda ) The shell is perforated, ovate-globose, and unequally rugose. It is olive-colored, longitudinally marked with a few brownish or reddish streaks, and appears purplish-violet internally. The spire is exserted, conical, and acute at the apex, displaying a purplish-blackish hue. It comprises nearly six convex whorls, with the body whorl being ventricose and then attenuated. The aperture is ovate-oblong, mediocre, and somewhat effuse at the base. The peristome is internally thickened, and the columellar margin is dilated, briefly projecting, and rubricated. The external margin is black-limbed. The operculum is testaceous and thick.
Range & habitat
No type locality is given (Manila, the Philippines ?). Ampullaria pagoda has been reported in Cambodia.
Wikipedia: “Distribution”
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 1122483.