''Cochliopa'' is a

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s, specifically cave snails, aquatic

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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. ...

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Species

Species within this genus include: *'' Cochliopa lubrica'' (

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, 1774) *'' Cochliopa perforata'' Thompson & Hershler, 1991"''Cochliopa perforata'' Thompson and Hershler, 1991"
Discover Life, accessed 14 September 2010. synonyms: *''Cochliopa texana''

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, 1935 is a synonym for '' Pyrgulopsis texana'' (

, 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 {{Cochliopidae-stub