Apple Snail vs Grant s Micaelamys

Pomacea glauca compared with Micaelamys granti

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Apple Snail	Grant s Micaelamys
Kingdom same	Animalia (Animals)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Mollusca (Mollusks)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Gastropoda (Gastropoda)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Architaenioglossa (Architaenioglossa)	Rodentia (Rodents)
Family	Ampullariidae	Muridae (Mice & Rats)
Genus	Pomacea	Micaelamys
Species	Pomacea glauca	Micaelamys granti

Evolutionary Relationship

Apple Snail and Grant s Micaelamys share a common ancestor at the Kingdom level: Animalia. (Animals)

Conservation Status

Apple Snail

LC — Least Concern

Grant s Micaelamys

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Apple Snail	Grant s Micaelamys
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Apple Snail

Habitat

Found across multiple habitat types including tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests, tropical and subtropical dry broadleaf forests, and tropical and subtropical coniferous forests, among 4 distinct biome types within the Neotropic biogeographic realm.

Range

Distributed across Dominican Republic, Norway, and Venezuela.

Grant s Micaelamys

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Apple Snail

The Apple Snail (Pomacea glauca) is a species in the genus Pomacea. It is currently classified as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List. Found across multiple habitat types including tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests, tropical and subtropical dry broadleaf forests, and tropical and subtropical coniferous forests, among 4 distinct biome types within the Neotrop.