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.[3]

Cochlicopa
Cochlicopa lubrica
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Order: Stylommatophora
Family: Cochlicopidae
Genus: Cochlicopa
Férussac, 1821[1]
Synonyms[2]
  • Cionella Jeffreys, 1830
  • Cionella Jeffreys, 1830 (junior objective synonym)
  • Cionella (Zua) Turton, 1831
  • Cochlicopa (Sinizua) Starobogatov, 1996 (a junior synonym)
  • Ferussacia (Folliculus) Charpentier, 1837
  • Folliculus Charpentier, 1837
  • Helix (Cochlicopa) A. Férussac, 1821 (original rank)
  • Hydastes Parreyss, 1849
  • Sinizua Starobogatov, 1996
  • Zua W. Turton, 1831

This genus is prevalent in the Northern Hemisphere across the United States, Mexico and Europe. These snails feed mostly on plant matter, detritus and fungi.[4]

Species

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Species in the genus Cochlicopa include:

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

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  1. ^ Férussac A. E. J. P. J. 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 terrestres ou fluviatiles, vivants ou fossiles. pp. j-xlvij [= 1-47], [1], 1-110, [1]. Paris, Londres. (Bertrand, Sowerby).
  2. ^ "Cochlicopa A. Ferussac 1821". Fauna Europaea, accessed 13 September 2010.
  3. ^ 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
  4. ^ Nordsieck., Robert. "Pillar Snails (Cochlicopidae)". www.molluscs.at. Retrieved 7 March 2020.
  • 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 16, 2017
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