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]
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
Species in the genus Cochlicopa include:
- † Cochlicopa allixi (Cossmann, 1907)
- † Cochlicopa aurelianensis (Deshayes, 1863)
- † Cochlicopa brevis (Michaud, 1862)
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Cochlicopa davidis (Ancey, 1882)
- † Cochlicopa dormitzeri (Reuss in Reuss & Meyer, 1849)
- † Cochlicopa fassabortoloi Harzhauser, Neubauer & Esu in Harzhauser et al., 2015
- † Cochlicopa formicina (F. Sandberger, 1871)
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Cochlicopa hachijoensis Pilsbry, 1902
- † Cochlicopa headonensis Newton & G. F. Harris, 1894
- † Cochlicopa laevissima (Michaud, 1862)
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Cochlicopa lubrica (O. F. Müller, 1774) - glossy pillar
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Cochlicopa lubricella (Porro, 1838) - thin pillar
- † Cochlicopa macrostoma (O. Boettger, 1875)
- † Cochlicopa milleri Wenz, 1919
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Cochlicopa morseana Doherty 1878 - Appalachian pillar
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Cochlicopa nitens (M. von Gallenstein, 1848)- robust pillar
- † Cochlicopa procera Gottschick, 1920
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Cochlicopa sinensis (Heude, 1890)
- † Cochlicopa splendens (A. Braun in Walchner, 1851)
- † Cochlicopa subcylindroides (Paladilhe, 1873)
- Species brought into synonymy
- † Cochlicopa loxostoma (Klein, 1853): synonym of † Hypnophila loxostoma (Klein, 1853) (new combination)
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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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^ 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).
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^ "Cochlicopa A. Ferussac 1821". Fauna Europaea, accessed 13 September 2010.
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^ 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
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^ 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 16th, 2017
