Apple Snail vs Cuba apple snail

Pomacea glauca compared with Pomacea paludosa

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Apple Snail	Cuba apple snail
Kingdom same	Animalia (동물)	Animalia (동물)
Phylum same	Mollusca (연체동물)	Mollusca (연체동물)
Class same	Gastropoda (복족강)	Gastropoda (복족강)
Order same	Architaenioglossa (고설류)	Architaenioglossa (고설류)
Family same	Ampullariidae	Ampullariidae
Genus same	Pomacea	Pomacea
Species	Pomacea glauca	Pomacea paludosa

Evolutionary Relationship

Apple Snail and Cuba apple snail share a common ancestor at the Genus level: Pomacea.

Conservation Status

Apple Snail

LC — Least Concern

Cuba apple snail

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Apple Snail	Cuba apple snail
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.

Cuba apple snail

Habitat

Typically found in terrestrial and aquatic habitats including forests and freshwater.

Range

Distributed across Israel and Taiwan.

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.