Pomacea paludosa

Pomacea paludosa, common name the Florida applesnail, is a species of freshwater snail with an operculum, an aquatic gastropod mollusk in the family Ampullariidae, the apple snails.

This species is the largest freshwater gastropod native to North America.

The whorls are wide, the spire is depressed, and the aperture is narrowly oval.

[3] The indigenous distribution of this snail is central and southern Florida,[4] Cuba and Hispaniola.

The species has also been found in Georgia, Oahu, Hawaii (Devick 1991)[citation needed], Louisiana, and Oklahoma.

Five views of a shell of Pomacea paludosa
The maturation of eggs of Pomacea paludosa : freshly laid eggs in a thick mucus matrix have a salmon coloration (left). Mature eggs in calcified shells are pinkish white in color (right).