Vita
Andre Ampuero-Leon
Doktorand - PHENOME Projekt
andre.ampuero-leon@senckenberg.de
Research interests
Molluscan species have always fascinated me, from the gastropods that inhabit our gardens to the remarkably intelligent and agile cephalopods. The vast array of body morphologies within this group has evolved to suit various marine, freshwater, and terrestrial environments. Delving into their world, one can encounter a broad range of creatures, such as bivalved gastropods, tubular bivalves, worm snails, and numerous other peculiarities.
It is precisely due to this diversity that my primary passion lies in studying the anatomical adaptations of these remarkable organisms. To explore their intricacies, I employ cutting-edge techniques such as 3D reconstruction based on histology and tomography, along with the traditional method of gross dissection.Taxa described
- Pomacea penai Ampuero & Ramirez 2023
- Pomacea reevei Ampuero & Ramirez 2023
- 2023 – present. PhD student. Senckenberg Research Institute and Museum of Natural History Frankfurt am Main.
- 2015 – 2017. MS. Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia. Marine Sciences.
- 2009 – 2022. Research assistant. Museum of Natural History – Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos
- 2006 – 2010. BS. Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos. Biological Sciences with Major in Zoology.
Publikationen
14. Ampuero, A., Indacochea, A.G., Sigwart, J.D. (2026): Anatomical consequences of tubular shell evolution in a miniaturised gastropod: synchrotron imaging of Caecum laqueatum (Caenogastropoda: Truncatelloidea). — Biological Journal of the Linnean Society, 147, (1).blaf137, https://doi.org/10.1093/biolinnean/blaf137
13. Ampuero, A., Tilic, E., Martel, C., Stevenson, P.C., Ibáñez, A., Sigwart, J.D. (2025): A novel mantle-margin gland system in Tectura virginea (Patellogastropoda). — J. R. Soc. Interface, 22: 20250670. https://doi.org/10.1098/rsif.2025.0670
12. Ampuero, A. & Sigwart, J.D. (2025): Common but unseen: anatomical redescription of Tectura virginea (Müller, 1776) (Patellogastropoda: Lottioidea: Tecturidae). — Journal of Molluscan Studies, 91 (3). eyaf009, https://doi.org/10.1093/mollus/eyaf009
11. Ampuero, A & Sigwart, J.D. (2025): Inside out Monoplacophora: Revisiting Neopilina galatheae Lemche, 1957. — Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 203: zlae168
10. Ampuero, A., Vončina, K., Parkinson, D.Y., Sigwart, J.D. (2024): Aesthete pattern diversity in chiton clades (Mollusca: Polyplacophora): balancing sensory structures and strength in valve architecture. — Journal of Morphology, 285:e21784.
9. Mendivil, A., Ramírez, R., Morin, J., Ramírez, J.L., Siccha-Ramirez, R., Britzke, R., Rivera, F., Ampuero, A., Oliveros, N., & Congrains, C. (2023): Comparative Mitogenome Analysis of two native apple snail species (Ampullariidae, Pomacea) from Peruvian Amazon. — Genes, 14 (9), 1769.
8. Grández, A., Ampuero, A., & Barahona, S. (2023): Peruvian nudibranchs (Mollusca, Gastropoda): an updated literature review-based list of species. — Zookeys, 1176: 117-163.
7. Ampuero, A., Rivera, F., Olórtegui, S., & C. Martel. (2023): Feeding behaviour and food preferences of native and introduced snail species from the Lomas formations, threatened seasonal fog oases. — Pedobiologia, 99-100: 150893.
6. Ampuero, A., & Ramírez R. (2023): Description of two new species of apple snail (Ampullariidae: Pomacea) from Peruvian Amazonia. — Zootaxa, 5258 (1): 76-98.
5. Ramírez R, Ramirez J.L., Rivera F., Justino, S., Solís M., Morín, J., Ampuero A., Mendívil, A., & Congrains A. (2022): Do not judge a snail by its shell: Molecular identification of Pomacea (Ampullariidae) species, with particular reference to the Peruvian Amazonian Giant Apple Snail. — Archiv fur Molluskenkunde, 151 (1): 7-17.
4. Romero, P. E., Calla-Quispe, E., Castillo-Vilcahuaman, C., Yokoo, M., Fuentes-Rivera, H. L., Ramirez, J. L., Ampuero, A., Ibáñez, A. J., & Wong, P. (2021): From the Andes to the desert: 16S rRNA metabarcoding characterization of aquatic bacterial communities in the Rimac river, the main source of water for Lima, Peru. — PLoS One, 16 (4), e0250401.
3. Ramírez, R., Solís, M., Ampuero, A., Morín, J., Jimenez-Vasquez, V., Ramirez, J. L., Congrains, C., Temoche, H., & Shiga, B. (2020): Molecular identification and evolutionary relationships of Pomacea nobilis, basis for the specific authentication of the black apple snail from Peruvian Amazonia. — Revista Peruana de Biología, 27: 139-148.
2. Ampuero, A. & Ramirez R., (2020): Redescription of Helicina weyrauchi Haas, 1948 (Helicinidae) from the Marañon Dry Forest of Northern Peru. — Malacologia, 63 (1): 21-31.
1. Ampuero, A. & Ramirez R., (2017): Anatomy of a Commercial Apple Snail from the Peruvian Amazon. — In Sant’Anna y Hattori B. Amazonian Apple Snails. Nova Publishers. New York. 21-38 pp.