''Cochliopa'' is a
genus
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of
freshwater snail
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s, specifically cave snails,
aquatic gastropod
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This class comprises snails and slugs from saltwater, from freshwater, and from land. T ...
mollusk
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s 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. ...
''.
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''
Thompson & Hershler, 1991"''Cochliopa perforata'' Thompson and Hershler, 1991"
Discover Life, accessed 14 September 2010.
synonyms:
*''Cochliopa texana'' Pilsbry
Henry Augustus Pilsbry (7 December 1862 – 26 October 1957) was an American biologist, malacologist and carcinologist, among other areas of study. He was a dominant presence in many fields of invertebrate taxonomy for the better part of a centu ...
, 1935 is a synonym for '' Pyrgulopsis texana'' (Pilsbry
Henry Augustus Pilsbry (7 December 1862 – 26 October 1957) was an American biologist, malacologist and carcinologist, among other areas of study. He was a dominant presence in many fields of invertebrate taxonomy for the better part of a centu ...
, 1935) - Phantom cave snail
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 Rive ...
[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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