''Cochlicopa'', whose species are known as pillar snails, is a
genus
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of small air-breathing
land snail
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s,
terrestrial
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pulmonate
Pulmonata or pulmonates is an informal group (previously an order, and before that, a subclass) of snails and slugs characterized by the ability to breathe air, by virtue of having a pallial lung instead of a gill, or gills. The group inclu ...
gastropod
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mollusk
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s in the family
Cochlicopidae
Cochlicopidae is a taxonomic family of small, air-breathing, land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Pupilloidea.
Anatomy
In this family, the number of haploid chromosomes lies between 26 and 30 (according to the ...
.
[MolluscaBase eds. (2020). MolluscaBase. Cochlicopa A. Férussac, 1821. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=819983 on 2020-08-25]
This genus is prevalent in the
Northern Hemisphere
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across the
United States
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,
Mexico
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and
Europe
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. These snails feed mostly on
plant
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matter,
detritus
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and
fungi
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.
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
External links
Férussac, A.E.J.P.F. d'Audebard de. (1821-1822). Tableaux systématiques des animaux mollusques classés en familles naturelles, dans lesquels on a établi la concordance de tous les systèmes; suivis d'un Prodrome général pour tous les mollusques ou fluviatiles, vivantes ou fossiles. Paris, 1821 et 1822. Livraison 9: 1-24 (Quarto edition) [Folio edition: 1-32] (6-IV-1821); livr. 10: 25-48 (Quarto) [Folio: 33-56] (26-V-1821); livr. 11: 49-72 (Quarto) [Folio: 57-76] (13-VII-1821); livr. 12: 73-88 (Quarto) [Folio: 77-92] (21-IX-1821); livr. 13: 89-110 (Quarto) [Folio: 93-114] (10-XI-1821); livr. 14: i-xxiv (Quarto) (16-II-1822); livr. 15: xxv-xlvii[i] (Quarto) (13-IV-1822); livr. 16: 1-27 (Quarto) (16-VII-1822). – Paris / London (Arthus Bertrand / G.B. Sowerby)Jeffreys, J. G. (1830). A synopsis of the testaceous pneumonobranchous Mollusca of Great Britain. Transactions of the Linnean Society of London. 16: 323-392Turton, W. (1831). A manual of the land and fresh-water shells of the British Islands, arranged according to the more modern system of classification; and described from perfect specimens in the author's cabinet: with coloured plates of every species, viii + 152 + 16 pp.): Index of English names), 9 unnumbered plates. London (Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown, & Green)
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