Common name of Pomacea haustrum
 
Common Name Titan applesnail
Language English
Type AFS
Official Trade Name No
Rank 1 - (Legal common name (unique))
Country Canada
Locality
Ref. Turgeon, D.D., J.F. Quinn Jr., A.E. Bogan, E.V. Coan, F.G. Hochberg, W.G. Lyons, P.M. Mikkelsen, R.J. Neves, C.F.E. Roper, G. Rosenberg, B. Roth, A. Scheltema, F.G. Thompson, M. Vecchione and J.D. Willams, 1998
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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