''Cochlicopa'', whose species are known as pillar snails, is a

genus Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms as well as viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus comes above species and below family. In binomial n ...

of small air-breathing land snails,

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pulmonate gastropod

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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 Cochlicopoidea. Anatomy In this family, the number of haploid chromosomes lies between 26 and 30 (according ...

. 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 across the

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and

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. These snails feed mostly on

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matter,

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and

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Species

Species in the genus ''Cochlicopa'' include: * † '' Cochlicopa allixi'' (Cossmann, 1907) * † ''

Cochlicopa aurelianensis ''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. MolluscaBase eds. (2020). MolluscaBase. Cochlicopa A. Férussac, 1821 ...

'' (Deshayes, 1863) * † ''

Cochlicopa brevis ''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. MolluscaBase eds. (2020). MolluscaBase. Cochlicopa A. Férussac, 1821 ...

'' (Michaud, 1862) * ''

Cochlicopa davidis ''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. MolluscaBase eds. (2020). MolluscaBase. Cochlicopa A. Férussac, 1821 ...

'' (Ancey, 1882) * † ''

Cochlicopa dormitzeri ''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. MolluscaBase eds. (2020). MolluscaBase. Cochlicopa A. Férussac, 1821 ...

'' (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 ''Cochlicopa nitens'' is a species of small air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Cochlicopidae. Distribution This species is found in Armenia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Bulgaria, the Czech Repub ...

'' (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 ''Hypnophila'' is a genus of small air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Azecidae. MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Hypnophila Bourguignat, 1858. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Spe ...

'' (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 ''Hypnophila'' is a genus of small air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Azecidae. MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Hypnophila Bourguignat, 1858. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Spe ...

'' (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 16th, 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 (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: 323-392

Turton, 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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