{"id":2951,"date":"2019-02-23T17:50:36","date_gmt":"2019-02-23T20:50:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gabrielpaladinophoto.wordpress.com\/?p=2951"},"modified":"2025-09-15T11:57:07","modified_gmt":"2025-09-15T14:57:07","slug":"pomella-megastoma","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/pelecyphora.ddns.net:60123\/GabrielPaladino.com\/2019\/02\/23\/pomella-megastoma\/","title":{"rendered":"Pomella megastoma"},"content":{"rendered":"<div><img src='https:\/\/c2.staticflickr.com\/8\/7907\/40224656083_92e0aa8331_b.jpg' \/><\/p>\n<div>\u2022 Giant Uruguay River Snail<br \/>\n\u2022 Caracol Gigante del R\u00edo Uruguay \/ Caracol de r\u00edo<\/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 \/>\nGenus:Pomella<br \/>\nSpecies:P. megastoma<\/p>\n<p>Rio Uruguay, Salto, Uruguay<\/p>\n<p>\ud83c\uddec\ud83c\udde7 It is likely that Uruguay owes its name to these snails. The Guaranies called Urugu a big river snails as a fist, and the ending &#8220;I&#8221; refers to river. Thus Uruguay, can be interpreted as a River of Snails.<\/p>\n<p>\ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\uddfe Es probable que Uruguay deba su nombre a estos caracoles. Los Guaranies llamaban Urugu a unos caracoles de rio grandes como un pu\u00f1o, y la terminacion &#8220;I&#8221; refiere a rio. Asi Uruguay, puede interpretarse como rio de los caracoles.<\/p>\n<p>via Flickr https:\/\/flic.kr\/p\/24hvSRa<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u2022 Giant Uruguay River Snail \u2022 Caracol Gigante del R\u00edo Uruguay \/ Caracol de r\u00edo Scientific classification Kingdom:Animalia Phylum:Mollusca Class:Gastropoda (unranked):clade Caenogastropoda informal group Architaenioglossa Superfamily:Ampullarioidea Family:Ampullariidae Genus:Pomella Species:P. megastoma Rio Uruguay, Salto, Uruguay \ud83c\uddec\ud83c\udde7 It is likely that Uruguay owes its name to these snails. The Guaranies called Urugu a big river snails as 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