Lesson 5.1: Classification of Golden Apple Snail and Its Host Plants Flashcards
Animals that belong to Phylum Mollusca?
Mollusk
The second largest Phylum of invertebrate animals after the
arthropods.
Mollusk
What is mollusk?
They are animals with very soft bodies and hard
exoskeleton.
Mollusca is divided into 6 large taxonomic classes
namely:
Gastropoda
Bivalvia
Aplacophora
Monoplacophora
Scahopoda
Cephalopoda.
2
nd among the largest Phylum under
Kingdom Animalia.
Mollusks
Class Gastropoda consist about how many percent of the Phylum Mollusca where the economically
important pests like the golden apple
snail belongs.
8%
What class does apple snail,
golden snail, golden kuhol,
Argentine
apple snail, miracle snail,
Miami golden snail belong?
Gastropoda
What phylum does apple snail,
golden snail, golden kuhol,
Argentine
apple snail, miracle snail,
Miami golden snail belong?
Mollusca
What genus does apple snail,
golden snail, golden kuhol,
Argentine
apple snail, miracle snail,
Miami golden snail belong?
Pomacea (underlined)
What species does apple snail,
golden snail, golden kuhol,
Argentine
apple snail, miracle snail,
Miami golden snail belong?
canaliculata(underlined)
Whos the author of phylum mollusca?
Lamarck
The largest class among the mollusks.
Class Gastropoda
Apple snails are mollusks that belong to what family?
Ampullariidae family
True or false. It is a seed-borne pest of rice in Asian countries where the
crop is a staple food.
False. It is a non-seed-borne pest
Scientific name of Golden Apple snail (APS) or golden kuhol?
Pomacea canaliculata Lamark ( underlined)
Main crop hosts of golden snail?
Rice is the main crop
These snails are voracious generalist feeders on
semi-aquatic and aquatic plants. In the Philippines it is a major pest
of rice.
Golden Apple Snail
The rough tongue of GAS?
Radula
Hosts of GOLDEN APPLE SNAIL
Water lettuce
Taro or Gabi
Azolla or duck weed fern
Swamp cabbage(kangkong)
Lotus
Wild rice
Japanese parsley
Scientific name of Water lettuce ?
Pistia stratiotes ( underlined )
Scientific name of Chinese mat grass
Cyeprus coymbosus (underlined)
Scientific name of Water chestnut or
Apulid?
Eleocharis
dulces ( underlined )
Golden snail is also feed on the following?
Taro
lowland
weeds,
maize,
and other
succulent leafy plants
source of food, jewelry and some are pests
like some species of freshwater snails.
Gastropods