Pila scutata

{{Short description|Species of gastropod}} {{Speciesbox | image = Ampullaria conica var expansa (10.3897-zse.96.47792) Figure 4.jpg | status = LC | status_system = IUCN3.1 | status_ref = <ref name=IUCN>{{cite iucn |last1=Sri-aroon |first1=P. |last2=Richter |first2=K. |year=2012 |title=''Pila scutata'' |volume=2012 |article-number=e.T184853A1757771 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2012-1.RLTS.T184853A1757771.en |access-date=4 March 2026}}</ref> | status2 = G5 | status2_system = TNC | status2_ref = <ref name=NS>{{cite NatureServe |id=2.642510 |title=''Pila scutata'' |access-date=4 March 2026}}</ref> | taxon = Pila scutata | authority = (Mousson, 1848) | synonyms_ref = <ref name="WoRMS" /> | synonyms = * ''Ampullaria borneensis'' R. A. Philippi, 185 * ''Ampullaria compacta'' Reeve, 1856 junior subjective synonym * ''Ampullaria conica'' W. Wood, 1828 (invalid: junior homonym of ''Ampullaria conica'' Lamarck, 1804) * ''Ampullaria conica var. expansa'' G. Nevill, 1877 * ''Ampullaria javanica'' Reeve, 1856 * ''Ampullaria orientalis'' R. A. Philippi, 1849 * ''Ampullaria perakensis'' de Morgan, 1886 * ''Ampullaria scutata'' Mousson, 1848 (original name) * ''Ampullaria stoliczkana'' G. Nevill, 1877 * ''Ampullaria wellesleyensis'' de Morgan, 1886 * ''Pachylabra borneensis'' (R. A. Philippi, 1852) junior subjective synonym * ''Pachylabra conica'' (W. Wood, 1828) junior subjective synonym * ''Pachylabra javanica'' (Reeve, 1856) * ''Pachylabra javanica var. fruhstorferi'' Kobelt, 1912 * ''Pachylabra mainitensis'' Kobelt, 1912 (junior synonym) * ''Pachylabra quadrasi'' Kobelt, 1912 (junior synonym) * ''Pachylabra stoliczkana'' G. Nevill, 1877 * ''Pila conica'' (W. Wood, 1828) junior subjective synonym * ''Pila conica f. compacta'' (Reeve, 1856) junior subjective synonym * ''Pila scutala'' [sic] misspelling - incorrect subsequent spelling }}

'''''Pila scutata''''' is a species of gastropod belonging to the family Ampullariidae, the apple snails.<ref name="WoRMS">{{WRMS species|739934|''Pila scutata'' (Mousson, 1848)|4 June 2025}}</ref><ref name="GBIF">{{cite web |title=Pila scutata (Mousson, 1848) |url=https://www.gbif.org/species/7830566 |website=www.gbif.org |access-date=27 October 2021 |language=en}}</ref>

==Description== The height of the shell attains 39 mm, its diameter 35 mm.

(Original description in Latin) The shell is elongated-globose and narrowly perforated. It is transversely irregularly striated, brownish-green, and obsoletely banded. The spire is emergent, with its apex eroded, and the suture is scarcely deep.

The shell comprises 4.5 convex whorls. The body whorl is irregularly inflated and obscurely angular in the middle. The aperture is ovate, and its right margin is somewhat dilated. Internally, it appears yellowish and is banded with brownish-violet. The margin is acute and somewhat produced at the base.

The operculum is thick and calcareous. Externally, it is covered with a green, striated epidermis, while internally, it is pearly, with an elongated spot surrounded by a minutely vermiculate margin.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Mousson |first1=A. |title=Die Land- und Süsswasser- Mollusken von Java. |date=1849 |publisher=Friedrich Schulthess |location=Zürich |page=60 |url=https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/14301934 |access-date=4 June 2025}}</ref>

==Distribution== The species is found in Southeastern Asia and Central America.<ref name="GBIF" /> However, it has been taken from its native habitat to be used as a food delicacy, control of weeds in freshwater, a component in home aquariums, and as a vector for parasitic larva in the freshwater.<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Hollingsworth|first=R.G|date=2007|title=Distribution of Parmarion cf. martensi (Pulmonata: Helicarionidae), a new semi-slug pest on Hawai'i Island, and its potential as a vector for human angiostrongyliasis|url=http://manoa.hawaii.edu/ctahr/farmfoodsafety/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/Hollingsworth_2007_Distribution.pdf|journal=Pacific Science|volume=61|issue=4 |pages=457–467|doi=10.2984/1534-6188(2007)61[457:DOPCMP]2.0.CO;2 |s2cid=14202324 }}</ref> This has made it very difficult to determine ''Pila scutata's'' true native range.<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Tan|first=S.K|date=2013|title=The status of the apple snail, Pila scutata (Gastropoda: Ampullariidae) in Singapore|url=https://www.researchgate.net/publication/242335434|journal=Nature in Singapore|volume=6|pages=135–141}} {{source-attribution}}</ref>

==References== {{Reflist}}

==External links== * {{cite book |last1=Wood |first1=W. |title=Supplement to the Index Testaceologicus; or A catalogue of shells, British and foreign. |date=1828 |publisher=Richard Taylor |location=London |page=29 |url=https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/22991199}} * {{cite book |last1=Philippi |first1=R.A. |title=Die Gattung Ampullaria. In Abbildungen nach der Natur mit Beschreibungen. In: Schuberth, G. H.; Wagner, J. A., Eds. Systematisches Conchylien-Cabinet von Martini und Chemnitz. Neu herausgegeben und vervollständigt. Ersten Bandes zwanzigste Abtheilung. 1-74, pls A, 1-21. |date=1851–1852 |publisher=Bauer & Raspe |location=Nürnberg |page=31 |url=https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/34225424}} * {{cite book |last1=Reeve |first1=L.A. |title=Monograph of the genus Ampullaria. In: Conchologia Iconica, or illustrations of the shells of molluscous animals, vol. 10, pls 1-28 and unpaginated text. |date=1856 |publisher=L. Reeve & Co. |location=London |url=https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/9127133}} * {{cite journal |last1=Philippi |first1=R.A. |title=Centuria tertia testaceorum novorum. |journal=Zeitschrift für Malakozoologie |date=1849 |volume=5 |issue=10 |page=192 |url=http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16292345}} * {{cite journal |last1=Morgan |first1=J. de |title=Mollusques terrestres & fluviatiles du Royaume de Pérak et des pays voisins (Presqu'ile Malaise). |journal=Bulletin de la Société Zoologique de France |date=1886 |volume=10 |issue=4–6 |page=418 |url=https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11306075}} * {{cite book |last1=Kobelt |first1=W. |title=Die Gattung Ampullaria. Neue Folge. In Abbildungen nach der Natur mit Beschreibungen. In: Schuberth, G. H.; Wagner, J. A. Systematisches Conchylien-Cabinet von Martini und Chemnitz. Ersten Bandes, zwanzigste Abtheilung, zweiter Theil. |date=1911–1915 |publisher=Bauer & Raspe |location=Nürnberg |page=90 |url=https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/34225446}} * {{cite book |last1=Nevill |first1=G. |title=Catalogue of Mollusca in the Indian Museum, Calcutta |date=1877 |publisher=Printed by order of the trustees |location=Calcutta |page=9 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ES7T4lIAu8QC}} * {{cite journal |last1=Low, M. E. Y., Tan, S. K. & Ng, T. H. |title=Pila conica (Wood, 1828), or Pila scutata (Mousson, 1848)? The correct name for the native apple snail of Singapore (Gastropoda Ampullariidae). |journal=Nature in Singapore |date=2013 |volume=6 |url=http://rmbr.nus.edu.sg/nis/bulletin2013/2013nis055-060.pdf}} * {{cite journal |last1=Brandt |first1=R.A.M. |title=The non-marine aquatic Mollusca of Thailand. |journal=Archiv für Molluskenkunde |date=1974 |volume=105 |issue=i-iv |page=52 |url=https://www.zobodat.at/pdf/Archiv-fuer-Molluskenkunde_105_0001-0423.pdf}} * {{cite journal |last1=Ng, T. H., Tan, S. K.; Low, M. E. Y. |title=Singapore Mollusca: 7. The family Ampullariidae (Gastropoda: Caenogastropoda: Ampullaroidea) |journal=Nature in Singapore |date=2014 |volume=7 |url=https://lkcnhm.nus.edu.sg/app/uploads/2017/06/2014nis031-047.pdf}}

scutata Category:Gastropods described in 1848 Category:Taxa named by Albert Mousson