Pila ampullacea facts for kids

Quick facts for kids Pila ampullacea
The shell and operculum of Pila ampullacea
Conservation status
Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Genus:	Pila
Species:	ampullacea
Synonyms
Ampullaria ampullacea (Linnaeus, 1758) Ampullaria ampullacea var. javensis G. Nevill, 1885 Ampullaria celebensis Quoy & Gaimard, 1834 (junior synonym) Ampullaria dalyi Blanford, 1903 (junior synonym) Ampullaria fasciata Lamarck, 1822 (invalid: junior homonym of fasciata Roissy, 1805) Ampullaria gruneri Philippi, 1852 (junior synonym) Ampullaria magnifica Philippi, 1851 (junior synonym) Ampullaria sumatrensis Philippi, 1852 (junior synonym) Ampullaria turbinis I. Lea, 1856 (junior synonym) Helix ampullacea Linnaeus, 1758 (original combination) Pachylabra ampullacea (Linnaeus, 1758) Pachylabra ampullacea var. saleyerensis Kobelt, 1912 (junior synonym) Pachylabra turbinis (I. Lea, 1856) Pachylabra turbinis var. lacustris Annandale, 1920 Pomacea orbata Perry, 1811 (junior synonym)

Pila ampullacea, is a species of freshwater snail with an operculum, an aquatic gastropod mollusk in the family Ampullariidae, the apple snails.

Distribution

Thailand, Vietnam, Indonesia

Description

Five views of a shell of Pila ampullacea

As food

Pila ampullacea, together with Pila pesmei, are indigenous rice field snail species traditionally eaten in Thailand that have been displaced by the invasive golden apple snail, Pomacea canaliculata. In Indonesia, it is famous as keong sawah or tutut (from Sundanese: ᮒᮥᮒᮥᮒ᮪, romanized: Tutut) as traditional cuisine which is often boiled or grilled as satay.

See also

In Spanish: Pila ampullacea para niños