''Cochliopa'' is a
genus of
freshwater snail
Freshwater snails are gastropod mollusks which live in fresh water. There are many different families. They are found throughout the world in various habitats, ranging from ephemeral pools to the largest lakes, and from small seeps and springs ...
s, specifically cave snails,
aquatic gastropod
The gastropods (), commonly known as snails and slugs, belong to a large taxonomic class of invertebrates within the phylum Mollusca called Gastropoda ().
This class comprises snails and slugs from saltwater, from freshwater, and from land. T ...
mollusks in the family
Cochliopidae.
''Cochliopa'' is the
type genus of the family Cochliopidae.
This genus is not to be confused with the similar-sounding land snail genus, ''
Cochlicopa
''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. ...
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Species
Species within this genus include:
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Cochliopa lubrica
''Cochliopa'' is a genus of freshwater snails, specifically cave snails, aquatic gastropod mollusks in the family Cochliopidae.
''Cochliopa'' is the type genus of the family Cochliopidae.
This genus is not to be confused with the similar-sou ...
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, 1774)
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Cochliopa perforata
''Cochliopa'' is a genus of freshwater snails, specifically cave snails, aquatic gastropod mollusks in the family Cochliopidae.
''Cochliopa'' is the type genus of the family Cochliopidae.
This genus is not to be confused with the similar-sou ...
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Thompson & Hershler, 1991"''Cochliopa perforata'' Thompson and Hershler, 1991"
Discover Life, accessed 14 September 2010.
synonyms:
*''Cochliopa texana'' Pilsbry, 1935 is a synonym for ''Pyrgulopsis texana
The phantom cave snail or phantom cavesnail (''Pyrgulopsis texana'') is a species of very small freshwater snail with an operculum, an aquatic gastropod in the family Hydrobiidae.
Distribution
This species is endemic to the lower Pecos River ...
'' ( Pilsbry, 1935) - Phantom cave snail[Hershler R., Liu H.-P. & Lang B. K. (2010). "Transfer of ''Cochliopa texana'' to ''Pyrgulopsis'' (Hydrobiidae) and description of a third congener from the lower Pecos River basin". ''Journal of Molluscan Studies'' 76(3): 245-256. .]
References
Cochliopidae
Taxonomy articles created by Polbot
Taxa named by William Stimpson
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