Pomacea maculata
（重定向自Pomacea insularum）
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![Non-native distribution of Pomacea maculata in the Southeastern United States](/Images/godic/202502/03/Distribution_of_Pomacea_maculata_in_the_United_States1427.png")
![Two views of a shells of Pomacea maculata. Scale bar is 5 cm.](/Images/godic/202502/03/Pomacea_insularum_shell1427.jpg")
![Eggs of Pomacea maculata at the bottom of the image. Eggs of Pomacea paludosa at the top. Scale bar 5 cm](/Images/godic/202502/03/Pomacea_paludosa_and_Pomacea_insularum_eggs1427.jpg")
Pomacea maculata is a species of large freshwater snail with an operculum, an aquatic gastropod mollusk in the family Ampullariidae, the apple snails.
Common name of its synonymous name Pomacea insularum is the island applesnail.
Together with Pomacea canaliculata it is the most invasive species of the family Ampullariidae.