• Giant Uruguay River Snail
• Caracol Gigante del Río Uruguay / Caracol de río

Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Mollusca
Class:Gastropoda
(unranked):clade Caenogastropoda
informal group Architaenioglossa
Superfamily:Ampullarioidea
Family:Ampullariidae
Genus:Pomella
Species:P. megastoma

Rio Uruguay, Salto, Uruguay

🇬🇧 It is likely that Uruguay owes its name to these snails. The Guaranies called Urugu a big river snails as a fist, and the ending “I” refers to river. Thus Uruguay, can be interpreted as a River of Snails.

🇺🇾 Es probable que Uruguay deba su nombre a estos caracoles. Los Guaranies llamaban Urugu a unos caracoles de rio grandes como un puño, y la terminacion “I” refiere a rio. Asi Uruguay, puede interpretarse como rio de los caracoles.

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