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Cochlicopa lubrica (Muller, 1774)
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Cochlicopa lubrica
A live Cochlicopa lubrica
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Order: Stylommatophora
Family: Cochlicopidae
Genus: Cochlicopa
Species:
C. lubrica
Binomial name
Cochlicopa lubrica
Synonyms[1]
  • Achatina minima Siemaschko, 1847
  • Bulimus lubricoides Stimpson, 1851
  • Bulimus lubricus (O. F. Müller, 1774)
  • Cionella lubrica (O. F. Müller, 1774)
  • Cochlicopa repentina Hudec, 1960
  • Helix lubrica O. F. Müller, 1774
  • Helix lubricus O. F. Müller, 1774
  • Helix stagnorum Gmelin, 1791 sensu Pulteney, 1799 (misapplication)
  • Physa aenigma Westerlund, 1877 (a junior synonym)
  • Turbo glaber da Costa, 1778
  • Zua buddii Dupuy, 1849
  • Zua locardi Pollonera, 1885
  • Zua lubrica (O.F. Müller, 1774) (new combination)

Cochlicopa lubrica is a species of small air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Cochlicopidae.[2]

Description

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The 5–7.5 x 2.4–2.9 mm shell has 4–5 moderately convex whorls. The aperture inside is slightly thickened. There are no apertural teeth and there is no umbilicus. Shell colour is horny yellowish to reddish brown. The animal is greyish or blackish, with dark tentacles .

This species can be hard to differentiate from the similar species Cochlicopa lubricella.

Taxonomy

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Cochlicopa repentina Hudec, 1960 has been evaluated as a form of Cochlicopa lubrica in 1994.[3]

Shell of Cochlicopa lubrica

Distribution

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This species occurs in countries and islands including:

References

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  1. ^ "Cochlicopa lubrica (O.F. Muller 1774)". Fauna Europaea, accessed 10 September 2010.
  2. ^ MolluscaBase eds. (2020). MolluscaBase. Cochlicopa lubrica (O. F. Müller, 1774). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=819984 on 2020-08-25
  3. ^ Armbruster G. & Schlegel M. (1994). "The land-snail species of Cochlicopa (Gastropoda: Pulmonata: Cochlicopidae): presentation of taxon-specific allozyme patterns, and evidence for a high level of self-fertilization". J. Zool. Syst. Evol. Research 32: 282–296.
  4. ^ Jadwiga Anna Barga. "WYNIKI WSTĘPNYCH BADAŃ DO MONITORINGU MALAKOFAUNY ZLEWNI „POŻARY" W KAMPINOSKIM PARKU NARODOWYM" (PDF). Kampinoski-pn.gov.pl. Retrieved 18 March 2022.
  5. ^ Balashov I. & Gural-Sverlova N. 2012. An annotated checklist of the terrestrial molluscs of Ukraine. Journal of Conchology. 41 (1): 91–109.

Other sources

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  • Barker, G. M. (1999). Naturalised terrestrial Stylommatophora (Mollusca: Gastropoda). Fauna of New Zealand 38: 1-254
  • Spencer, H.G., Marshall, B.A. & Willan, R.C. (2009). Checklist of New Zealand living Mollusca. pp 196–219 in Gordon, D.P. (ed.) New Zealand inventory of biodiversity. Volume one. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia. Canterbury University Press, Christchurch
  • Herbert, D.G. (2010). The introduced terrestrial Mollusca of South Africa. SANBI Biodiversity Series, 15: vi + 108 pp. Pretoria
  • 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. [Summer or later]. Hamburg / Berlin (Paul Parey).
  • Sysoev, A. V. & Schileyko, A. A. (2009). Land snails and slugs of Russia and adjacent countries. Sofia/Moskva (Pensoft). 312 pp., 142 plates
  • Yen, T.-C. (1939). Die chinesischen Land- und Süßwasser-Gastropoden des Natur-Museums Senckenberg. Abhandlungen der Senckenbergischen Naturforschenden Gesellschaft, 444: 1-233, pl. 1-16. Frankfurt am Main.
  • Minato, H. (1988). A systematic and bibliographic list of the Japanese land snails. H. Minato, Shirahama, 294 pp., 7 pls
  • National Institute of Biological Resources. (2019). National Species list of Korea. II. Vertebrates, Invertebrates, Protozoans. Designzip. 908 pp.
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