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

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of small air-breathing

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s, terrestrial

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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 chromosome A chromosome is a long DN ...

. 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

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across the

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and

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. These snails feed mostly on

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Species

Species in the genus ''Cochlicopa'' include: * † ''

Cochlicopa allixi ''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. ...

'' (Cossmann, 1907) * † '' Cochlicopa aurelianensis'' (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 ''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. ...

'' 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 ''Cochlicopa lubrica'' is a species of small air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Cochlicopidae.MolluscaBase eds. (2020). MolluscaBase. Cochlicopa lubrica (O. F. Müller, 1774). Accessed through: ...

'' (O. F. Müller, 1774) - glossy pillar * ''

Cochlicopa lubricella ''Cochlicopa lubricella'' is a European species of small air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Cochlicopidae. MolluscaBase eds. (2020). MolluscaBase. Cochlicopa lubricella (Porro, 1838). Accessed thr ...

'' (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 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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