Cochlicopa
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Cochlicopa is a genus
of small air-breathing land snail
s, terrestrial
pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Cochlicopidae
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Genus
In biology, a genus is a low-level taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms, which is an example of definition by genus and differentia...
of small air-breathing land snail
Land snail
A land snail is any of the many species of snail that live on land, as opposed to those that live in salt water and fresh water. Land snails are terrestrial gastropod mollusks that have shells, It is not always an easy matter to say which species are terrestrial, because some are more or less...
s, terrestrial
Terrestrial animal
Terrestrial animals are animals that live predominantly or entirely on land , as compared with aquatic animals, which live predominantly or entirely in the water , or amphibians, which rely on a combination of aquatic and terrestrial habitats...
pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Cochlicopidae
Cochlicopidae
Cochlicopidae is a taxonomic family of small, air-breathing, land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Cochlicopoidea.-Anatomy:...
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Species
Species in the genus Cochlicopa include:- subgenus Cochlicopa
- Cochlicopa lubricaCochlicopa lubricaCochlicopa lubrica is a species of small air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Cochlicopidae.This species can be hard to differentiate from the similar species Cochlicopa lubricella.-Taxonomy:...
- glossy pillar - Cochlicopa lubricellaCochlicopa lubricellaCochlicopa lubricella is a species of small air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Cochlicopidae.This species is closely related to Cochlicopa lubrica, but the shell is narrower in proportion....
- thin pillar - Cochlicopa morseana Doherty 1878 - Appalachian pillar
- Cochlicopa nitensCochlicopa nitensCochlicopa nitens is a species of small air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Cochlicopidae.-Distribution:...
- robust pillar
- Cochlicopa lubrica