Specimen image via iDigBio · BY
Cochlicopa
Sign in to saveCochlicopa, whose species are known as pillar snails, is a genus of small air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Cochlicopidae.
Species
GENUS
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumMollusca
- ClassGastropoda
- OrderStylommatophora
- FamilyCochlicopidae
via GBIF
Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 480
- With media
- 6
- Family
- Cochlicopidae
- Collections
- YPM, RBINS-SCIENTIFIC HERITAGE, CM, NHMUK, CMN, UTEP
- Recorded in
- United States, Greece, Croatia, United Kingdom, Canada, Italy
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- taxon
- Parent taxon
- Cochlicopidae
- Image
- Cochlicopa lubrica 2.png
Show 4 more facts
- Commons category
- Cochlicopa
- taxon name
- Cochlicopa
- taxon rank
- genus
- topic's main category
- Category:Cochlicopa
Sources (1)
via Wikidata · CC0
~3 min read
Encyclopedic overview
3 sectionsContents
- Species
- References
- External links
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.
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.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Cochlicopa” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.