Gut microbiota is associated with host health and its environmental adaption, influenced by seasonal variation.
Pomacea canaliculata
is one of the world's 100 worst invasive alien species. Here, we used high‐throughput sequencing of the 16S rRNA gene to analyze the seasonal variation of gut microbiota of
P. canaliculata
. The results suggested that the predominant gut microbial phyla of
P. canaliculata
included Firmicutes and Proteobacteria, which helped digest plant food and accumulate energy. The gut microbiota of
P. canaliculata
in summer group showed the highest diversity, whereas the winter group possessed the lowest, probably due to the shortage of food resources of
P. canaliculata
in winter. Principal coordinate analysis analysis based on unweighted unifrac and weighted unifrac indicated that the composition of gut microbiota of
P. canaliculata
significantly varied across seasons. Bacteroidetes tended to be enriched in summer by linear discriminant analysis effect size analysis. Actinobacteria and Cyanobacteria were extremely abundant in autumn, while Fusobacteria and
Cetobacterium
enriched in winter. In conclusion, the structure of the gut microbiota of
P. canaliculata
was significantly different among seasons, which was beneficial to the environment adaptation and the digestion and metabolism of food during different periods.