{"id":2861,"date":"2019-02-05T22:45:23","date_gmt":"2019-02-06T01:45:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gabrielpaladinophoto.wordpress.com\/?p=2861"},"modified":"2025-09-15T11:57:10","modified_gmt":"2025-09-15T14:57:10","slug":"pomacea-diffusa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/pelecyphora.ddns.net:60123\/GabrielPaladino.com\/2019\/02\/05\/pomacea-diffusa\/","title":{"rendered":"Pomacea diffusa"},"content":{"rendered":"<div><img src='https:\/\/farm5.staticflickr.com\/4870\/32058991097_bc6680ba54_b.jpg' \/><\/p>\n<div>Spike-topped apple snail or Mystery snail showing its <b>radula<\/b><\/p>\n<p><b>Scientific classification<\/b><br \/>\nKingdom:Animalia<br \/>\nPhylum:Mollusca<br \/>\nClass:Gastropoda<br \/>\n(unranked):clade Caenogastropoda<br \/>\ninformal group Architaenioglossa<br \/>\nSuperfamily:Ampullarioidea<br \/>\nFamily:Ampullariidae<br \/>\nSubfamily:Ampullariinae<br \/>\nTribe:Ampullariini<br \/>\nGenus:Pomacea<br \/>\nSubgenus:Pomacea<br \/>\nSpecies:P. 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