Mollusks · La Saladita, Guerrero

Chivita Snail

Pomacea flagellata

Spanish: Caracol chivita

Chivita Snail (Pomacea flagellata)
Photographed by jwagner1960 on iNaturalist · CC-BY-NC

Pomacea flagellata is a species of freshwater snail with a gill and an operculum, an aquatic gastropod mollusk in the family Ampullariidae. In older literature this species was known as ghiesbrechti and today is still poorly understood. Most often recorded in Feb, Jan.

TaxonomyGastropoda › Architaenioglossa › Ampullariidae
Local records2 research-grade observations within about 50 km of La Saladita (the survey box also takes in Zihuatanejo, Ixtapa and Troncones)
Global records690 on iNaturalist
Recorded here2026 – 2026
Months recorded near La Saladita
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Recent local sightings

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Cite as: “Chivita Snail (Pomacea flagellata) at La Saladita”, La Saladita Field Guide, lasaladita.com/species/pomacea-flagellata/, updated 2026-09-26. Observation counts and months come from iNaturalist research-grade records within about 50 km of 17.8375°N, 101.7606°W (the survey box also takes in Zihuatanejo, Ixtapa and Troncones); summary text from Wikipedia where present.