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Asian Apple Snails
Pila
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.
18 branches of this genus, most-observed first
Globose Pila
speciesPila globosa
Pila virens
speciesPila virens
Pila ampullacea
speciesPila ampullacea
Western Pila
speciesPila occidentalis
Pila virescens
speciesPila virescens
Pila scutata
speciesPila scutata
Pila celebensis
speciesPila celebensis
Pila saxea
speciesPila saxea
Pila ovata
speciesPila ovata
Pila pesmei
speciesPila pesmei
Pila gracilis
speciesPila gracilis
Pila wernei
speciesPila wernei
Pila africana
speciesPila africana
Pila cecillei
speciesPila cecillei
Pila speciosa
speciesPila speciosa
Pila nevilliana
speciesPila nevilliana
Pila olea
speciesPila olea
Pila turbinis
speciesPila turbinis
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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In the old herbals & bestiaries
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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 91076.