Notes on the distribution of invasive freshwater snail Pomacea canaliculata (Lamarck, 1822) and P. insularum ( d’Orbigny, 1835) in Indonesia

The freshwater snails Pomacea canaliculata and P. insularum have been reported as important invasive species that causing damage to crops, predominantly wetland rice in Asia. These snails are common as “Golden Apple Snail” (GAS), introduced species from the origin locality Argentina. The P. canaliculata or named as “keong mas, keong murbei” was introduced in Indonesia around 1983, and after more than 20 years, now can be found very abundant at habitat as marshes, ponds, irrigations, lakes and rice fields in almost all places in Indonesia. Biotropia ,2011, Vol.18. No.2: 123-128