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Pila (gastropod)

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Family
  
Ampullariidae

Tribe
  
Ampullariini

Phylum
  
Mollusca

Rank
  
Genus

Superfamily
  
Ampullarioidea

Subfamily
  
Ampullariinae

Scientific name
  
Pila

Higher classification
  
Ampullariidae

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Lower classifications
  
Pila ampullacea, Pila speciosa

Pila is a genus of large freshwater snails with an operculum, African and Asian apple snails, aquatic gastropod mollusks in the family Ampullariidae, the apple snails.

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Distribution

Distribution of the genus Pila include Africa, Madagascar, southern Asia and Indo-Pacific islands.

Species

Species within the genus Pila include:

subgenus Pila

  • Pila africana (v. Martens, 1886)
  • Pila ampullacea (Linnaeus, 1758) - type species
  • Pila brohardi (Granger, 1892)
  • Pila cecillei (Philipi, 1848)
  • Pila conica (Gray, 1828)
  • Pila globosa (Swainson, 1822)
  • Pila occidentalis (Mousson, 1887)
  • Pila ovata (Olivier, 1804)
  • Pila pesmei (Morelet, 1889)
  • Pila polita (Deshayes, 1830)
  • Pila saxea (Reeve, 1856)
  • Pila scutata (Housson, 1848)
  • Pila speciosa Philippi, 1849
  • Pila virens (Lamarck)
  • Pila wernei (Philipi, 1851)

    • subgenus Turbinicola Annandale & Prashad, 1921

  • Pila aperta (Prashad, 1925)
  • Pila (Turbinicola) saxea (Annandale & Prashad, 1921)

    • Human use

    The shell of Pila sp. is used in traditional ethnomedicine for weakness by Saharia people in Rajasthan, India.

    Pila ampullacea and Pila pesmei are some of the rice field snail species traditionally eaten in Thailand that have been displaced by the invasive Golden Apple Snail, Pomacea canaliculata.

    References

    Pila (gastropod) Wikipedia
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