Pila virescens


Pila virescens is a species of freshwater snail in the family Ampullariidae, the apple snails.

Description

The shell can grow quite large, up to 95 mm, its diameter 68 mm.
The shell is perforated, ovate-globose, and unequally rugose. It is olive-colored, longitudinally marked with a few brownish or reddish streaks, and appears purplish-violet internally. The spire is exserted, conical, and acute at the apex, displaying a purplish-blackish hue. It comprises nearly six convex whorls, with the body whorl being ventricose and then attenuated. The aperture is ovate-oblong, mediocre, and somewhat effuse at the base. The peristome is internally thickened, and the columellar margin is dilated, briefly projecting, and rubricated. The external margin is black-limbed. The operculum is testaceous and thick.

Distribution

No type locality is given. Ampullaria pagoda has been reported in Cambodia.