Pila

Pila ampullacea

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Ampullarioidea
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: ParaHoxozoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Protostomia Cladus: Spiralia Cladus: Lophotrochozoa Phylum: Mollusca Classis: Gastropoda Subclassis: Caenogastropoda Ordo: Architaenioglossa Superfamilia: Ampullarioidea

Familia: Ampullariidae
Genus: Pila
Species: P. africana – P. ampullacea – P. globosa – P. pesmei – P. speciosa – P. tasmanica – ... P. wernei

Name

Pila Röding, 1798

• Type species: Helix ampullacea Linnaeus, 1758
• Gender: feminine.

Synonymy

• Ampullaria Lamarck, 1799
• Ampullarius Montfort, 1810
• Ampularia Risso, 1826

==References==Annate et al., 2025

Primary references

• Röding, P.F. 1798. Museum Boltenianum sive Catalogus cimeliorum e tribus regnis naturæ quæ olim collegerat Joa. Fried Bolten, M. D. p. d. per XL. annos proto physicus Hamburgensis. Pars secunda continens Conchylia sive Testacea univalvia, bivalvia & multivalvia. Trapp, Hamburg. viii, 199 pp. BHL. Reference page.  [see page 145]

Additional references

• Annate, S., Ng, T.H., Sutcharit, C. & Panha, S. 2025. Mating and egg-laying behaviour of the Southeast Asian apple snail Pila pesmei (Morlet, 1889) (Caenogastropoda, Ampullariidae). ZooKeys 1231: 69–83. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.1231.138263 Reference page. 
• International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature (1999) Case 2996: Pila Roding, 1798 and Pomacea Perry, 1810 (Mollusca, Gastropoda): proposed placement on the Official List, and Ampullariidae Gray, 1824: proposed confirmation as the nomenclaturally valid synonym of Pilidae Preston, 1915. Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature. 56 :74–76.

Links

• MolluscaBase eds. (2020). MolluscaBase. Pila Röding, 1798. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=737455 on 2020-10-01

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