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Pila ampullacea

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Pila ampullacea
The shell and operculum of Pila ampullacea
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Architaenioglossa
Family: Ampullariidae
Genus: Pila
Species:
P. ampullacea
Binomial name
Pila ampullacea
(Linnaeus, 1758)
Synonyms[2]
  • Ampullaria ampullacea (Linnaeus, 1758)
  • Ampullaria ampullacea var. javensis G. Nevill, 1885
  • Ampullaria fasciata Lamarck, 1822 (invalid: junior homonym of fasciata Roissy, 1805)
  • Ampullaria gruneri Philippi, 1852 (junior synonym)
  • Helix ampullacea Linnaeus, 1758 (original combination)
  • Pachylabra ampullacea (Linnaeus, 1758)
  • Pachylabra ampullacea var. saleyerensis Kobelt, 1912 (junior synonym)
  • Pomacea orbata Perry, 1811 (junior synonym)

Pila ampullacea, is a species of freshwater snail with an operculum, an aquatic gastropod mollusk in the family Ampullariidae, the apple snails.[3]

Distribution

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This species occurs in Southeast Asia: Thailand, Vietnam, Laos, Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines

Description

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The height of the shell varies between 60 mm and 105 mm, its diameter between 50 mm and 100 mm.

(Original description in Latin) The shell is subumbilicate, subrotund, and smooth. Its whorls are more ventricose above, and the umbilicus is covered. The aperture is ovate-oblong.[4]

(Described in Latin as Ampullaria gruneri) The shell is ovate-globose and umbilically perforated, appearing somewhat rugose and olive-colored. Brown zones are present, barely shining through the rather thick, very smooth epidermis. The spire nearly exceeds one-third of the total height. The whorls are rounded, with the body whorl being slightly more swollen in its upper part. The aperture is ovate-oblong and semilunate, displaying a yellowish-brown band. The peristome is slightly thickened internally and pale fulvous. The outer lip is straight, and the columellar margin is reflexed.[5]

Five views of a shell of Pila ampullacea

As food

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Pila ampullacea, together with Pila pesmei, are indigenous rice field snail species traditionally eaten in Thailand that have been displaced by the invasive golden apple snail, Pomacea canaliculata.[6] In Indonesia, it is famous as keong sawah or tutut (from Sundanese: ᮒᮥᮒᮥᮒ᮪, romanized: Tutut) as traditional cuisine which is often boiled or grilled as satay.

References

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  1. ^ Sri-aroon, P.; Richter, K. (2012). "Pila ampullacea". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2012: e.T184900A1763173. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2012-1.RLTS.T184900A1763173.en. Retrieved 18 November 2021.
  2. ^ Bouchet, P. (2013). Pila ampullacea (Linnaeus, 1758). In: MolluscaBase (2017). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=737456 on 2017-06-07
  3. ^ Pila ampullacea (Linnaeus, 1758). 28 May 2025. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species.
  4. ^ Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. [The system of nature through the three kingdoms of nature, according to classes, orders, genera, species, with characters, differences, synonyms, places.]. Holmiae (Stockholm): Impensis Direct. Laurentii Salvii. p. 771. Retrieved 28 May 2025. Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
  5. ^ Philippi, R.A. (1851–1852). Die Gattung Ampullaria. In Abbildungen nach der Natur mit Beschreibungen. In: Schuberth, G. H.; Wagner, J. A., Eds. Systematisches Conchylien-Cabinet von Martini und Chemnitz. Neu herausgegeben und vervollständigt. Ersten Bandes zwanzigste Abtheilung. Nürnberg: Bauer & Raspe. p. 37. Retrieved 28 May 2025. Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
  6. ^ Heavy Predation on Freshwater Bryozoans by the Golden Apple Snail, Pomacea canaliculata Lamarck, 1822 (Ampullariidae); The Natural History Journal of Chulalongkorn University 6(1): 31-36, May 2006
  • Solem, A. (1964). A collection of non-marine mollusks from Sabah, Malaysia. Sabah Society Journal. 2(1/2): 1-40.
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