Cochlicopa

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Cochlicopa, whose species are known as pillar snails, is a genus of small air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Cochlicopidae.[3]

Cochlicopa
Cochlicopa lubrica
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain:Eukaryota
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Mollusca
Class:Gastropoda
Subclass:Heterobranchia
Order:Stylommatophora
Family:Cochlicopidae
Genus:Cochlicopa
Férussac, 1821[1]
Synonyms[2]
  • Cionella Jeffreys, 1830
  • Cionella Jeffreys, 1830 (junior objective synonym)
  • Cionella (Zua) Turton, 1831
  • Cochlicopa (Sinizua) Starobogatov, 1996 (a junior synonym)
  • Ferussacia (Folliculus) Charpentier, 1837
  • Folliculus Charpentier, 1837
  • Helix (Cochlicopa) A. Férussac, 1821 (original rank)
  • Hydastes Parreyss, 1849
  • Sinizua Starobogatov, 1996
  • Zua W. Turton, 1831

This genus is prevalent in the Northern Hemisphere across the United States, Mexico and Europe. These snails feed mostly on plant matter, detritus and fungi.[4]

Species

Species in the genus Cochlicopa include:

  • Cochlicopa allixi (Cossmann, 1907)
  • Cochlicopa aurelianensis (Deshayes, 1863)
  • Cochlicopa brevis (Michaud, 1862)
  • Cochlicopa davidis (Ancey, 1882)
  • Cochlicopa dormitzeri (Reuss in Reuss & Meyer, 1849)
  • Cochlicopa fassabortoloi Harzhauser, Neubauer & Esu in Harzhauser et al., 2015
  • Cochlicopa formicina (F. Sandberger, 1871)
  • Cochlicopa hachijoensis Pilsbry, 1902
  • Cochlicopa headonensis Newton & G. F. Harris, 1894
  • Cochlicopa laevissima (Michaud, 1862)
  • Cochlicopa lubrica (O. F. Müller, 1774) - glossy pillar
  • Cochlicopa lubricella (Porro, 1838) - thin pillar
  • Cochlicopa macrostoma (O. Boettger, 1875)
  • Cochlicopa milleri Wenz, 1919
  • Cochlicopa morseana Doherty 1878 - Appalachian pillar
  • Cochlicopa nitens (M. von Gallenstein, 1848) - robust pillar
  • Cochlicopa procera Gottschick, 1920
  • Cochlicopa sinensis (Heude, 1890)
  • Cochlicopa splendens (A. Braun in Walchner, 1851)
  • Cochlicopa subcylindroides (Paladilhe, 1873)
Species brought into synonymy
  • Cochlicopa loxostoma (Klein, 1853): synonym of † Hypnophila loxostoma (Klein, 1853) (new combination)
  • Cochlicopa repentina Hudec, 1960: synonym of Cochlicopa lubrica (O. F. Müller, 1774)
  • Cochlicopa subrimata (Reuss in Reuss & Meyer, 1849) : synonym of † Hypnophila subrimata (Reuss in Reuss & Meyer, 1849) † (new combination)

References

  • Starobogatov, Ya.I. (1996). Eurasiatic species of the genus Cochlicopa (Gastropoda, Pulmonata, Cochlicopidae). Ruthenica, 5 (2): 105–129. Moskva.
  • Bank, R. A. (2017). Classification of the Recent terrestrial Gastropoda of the World. Last update: July 16, 2017