Apple Snail vs Guemal

Pomacea glauca compared with Hippocamelus bisulcus

Key Differences

• Apple Snail is Least Concern while Guemal is Endangered.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Apple Snail	Guemal
Kingdom same	Animalia (Animals)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Mollusca (Mollusks)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Gastropoda (Gastropoda)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Architaenioglossa (Architaenioglossa)	Artiodactyla (Even-toed Ungulates)
Family	Ampullariidae	Cervidae (Deer)
Genus	Pomacea	Hippocamelus
Species	Pomacea glauca	Hippocamelus bisulcus

Evolutionary Relationship

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

Conservation Status

Apple Snail

LC — Least Concern

Guemal

EN — Endangered

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Apple Snail	Guemal
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.

Guemal

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.