Apple Snail vs Formosan Serow

Pomacea glauca compared with Capricornis swinhoei

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Apple Snail	Formosan Serow
Kingdom same	Animalia (สัตว์)	Animalia (สัตว์)
Phylum	Mollusca (มอลลัสกา)	Chordata (สัตว์มีแกนสันหลัง)
Class	Gastropoda (ชั้นแกสโทรโพดา)	Mammalia (สัตว์เลี้ยงลูกด้วยน้ำนม)
Order	Architaenioglossa (Architaenioglossa)	Artiodactyla (อันดับสัตว์กีบคู่)
Family	Ampullariidae	Bovidae (Bovids)
Genus	Pomacea	Capricornis
Species	Pomacea glauca	Capricornis swinhoei

Evolutionary Relationship

Apple Snail and Formosan Serow share a common ancestor at the Kingdom level: Animalia. (สัตว์)

Conservation Status

Apple Snail

LC — Least Concern

Formosan Serow

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Apple Snail	Formosan Serow
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.

Formosan Serow

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Range

Found in 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.