''Cochlicopa lubricella'' is a European
species of small air-breathing
land snail
A land snail is any of the numerous species of snail that live on land, as opposed to the sea snails and freshwater snails. ''Land snail'' is the common name for terrestrial gastropod mollusks that have shells (those without shells are known as ...
, a
terrestrial 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 includ ...
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 ...
mollusk in the family
Cochlicopidae.
[MolluscaBase eds. (2020). MolluscaBase. Cochlicopa lubricella (Porro, 1838). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1001983 on 2020-08-25]
This species is closely related to ''
Cochlicopa lubrica'', but the shell is narrower in proportion.
Distribution
Distribution of ''Cochlicopa lubricella'' include:
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Czech Republic
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Netherlands
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Slovakia
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Ukraine[Balashov I. & Gural-Sverlova N. 2012. An annotated checklist of the terrestrial molluscs of Ukraine. ''Journal of Conchology''. 41 (1): 91-109.]
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Great Britain
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Ireland
References
* Bruggen, A.C. van. (1981). Cochlicopa lubricella and Helix aspersa as alien land snails (Gastropoda, Pulmonata) in Zimbabwe/Rhodesia. Basteria 45: 71–72
* Kerney, M.P., Cameron, R.A.D. & Jungbluth, J-H. (1983). Die Landschnecken Nord- und Mitteleuropas. Ein Bestimmungsbuch für Biologen und Naturfreunde, 384 pp., 24 plates
* Sysoev, A. V. & Schileyko, A. A. (2009). Land snails and slugs of Russia and adjacent countries. Sofia/Moskva (Pensoft). 312 pp., 142 plates
* Herbert, D.G. (2010). The introduced terrestrial Mollusca of South Africa. SANBI Biodiversity Series, 15: vi + 108 pp. Pretoria.
* Bank, R. A.; Neubert, E. (2017). Checklist of the land and freshwater Gastropoda of Europe. Last update: July 16th, 2017.
External links
''Cochlicopa lubricella''at
Animalbase taxonomy,short description, distribution, biology,status (threats), images
* An image of one shell of this specie
Porro C. (1838). Malacologia terrestre e fluviale della Provincia Comasca. Milano: Guglielmini & Redaelli. 132 + [4(= Autori ed opere citate nello species) pp., pls 1-2.">">Porro C. (1838). Malacologia terrestre e fluviale della Provincia Comasca. Milano: Guglielmini & Redaelli. 132 + [4
(= Autori ed opere citate nello species) pp., pls 1-2.
Schileyko, A. A. & Rymzhanov, T. S. (2013). Fauna of land mollusks (Gastropoda, Pulmonata Terrestria) of Kazakhstan and adjacent territories. Moscow-Almaty: KMK Scientific Press. 389 pp
Cochlicopidae
Gastropods described in 1835
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