It is marketed as an aquarium species under the name "golden applesnail" However, commercial varieties have been bred for the aquarium trade, including the "albino mystery snail" These aquarium snails are sometimes dumped into isolated bodies of water and have been recovered as far north as Alachua County, Florida (Thompson 1984)The golden snail shells were found Fig 2 Golden apple snails in rice field Fig 3 The morphology of the golden apple snail shells Goden apple snail morphometry varies at each location The smallest shell size was found at the Bugbug location (altitude about 60 m above tsea level) with shell height 87 mm, shellThe golden apple snail, popularly known as golden kuhol or miracle snail in the Philippines, is an introduced aquatic gastropod from South America It is presently considered as a rice pest of national importance The illegal introduction of the golden apple snail took place in the 1980s through the aquarium trade
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