Genus Pomacea Perry, 1810 Pomacea bridgesii (Reeve, 1856) Description Reeve (1856), Coelho et al. (2012). Distribution Native to America, Amazon Basin (Brazil, Peru, Bolivia) (Cowie and Thiengo 2003). In Chile, this species was found for the first time in the country in 2000 (Letelier et al. 2007) and has been recorded only in Santiago (33°27 ʹ S, 70°38 ʹ W). Possible mechanism of introduction/Status Aquarium trade/established (Letelier et al. 2007). Remarks Polyphagous, invasive, they can compete with native freshwater species (Aditya and Raut 2001). EA, I.

Published as part of Araya, Juan Francisco, 2015, Current status of the non-indigenous molluscs in Chile, with the first record of Otala punctata (Müller, 1774) (Gastropoda: Helicidae) in the country and new records for Cornu aspersum (Müller, 1774) and Deroceras laeve (Müller, 1774), pp. 1731-1761 in Journal of Natural History 49 (29) on page 1735, DOI: 10.1080/00222933.2015.1006703, http://zenodo.org/record/3997965