Drawing of a live individual of Marisa cornuarietis: the visible soft parts are covered in dark spots. The edge of the round operculum is visible under the shell.
Marisa cornuarietis var. swifti Guppy, 1866 (variety)
Marisa rotula (Mousson, 1869) (junior synonym)
Planorbis contrarius O. F. Müller, 1774 (junior synonym)
Marisa cornuarietis, common name the Colombian ramshorn apple snail, is a species of large freshwater snail with an operculum, an aquatic gastropod mollusc in the family Ampullariidae, the apple snail family.
These snails are popular in aquariums, and are also used in the wild as a biological control agent.
^Pastorino, G.; Darrigan, G. (2011). "Marisa cornuarietis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2011: e.T189507A8741248. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2011-2.RLTS.T189507A8741248.en. Retrieved 19 November 2021.
^"WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Marisa cornuarietis (Linnaeus, 1758)". www.marinespecies.org. Retrieved 2022-01-15.
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