Common name of Pomacea haustrum
 
Common Name Titan applesnail
Language English
Type Vernacular
Official Trade Name No
Rank 3 - (Other common name)
Country United States (contiguous states)
Locality
Ref. Bisby, F.A., M.A. Ruggiero, K.L. Wilson, M. Cachuela-Palacio, S.W. Kimani, Y.R. Roskov, A. Soulier-Perkins and J. van Hertum, 2005
Life Stage juveniles and adults
Sex females and males
Core behavior
1st Modifier plant
2nd Modifier mod. for size
Remarks 'snail', from Old High German 'snahhan', i.e., 'to creep'; 'titan', from Greek, i.e., giants born of Uranus and Gaea.
Glossary [ e.g. cnidaria]
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