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Cochliopa

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Cochliopa is a genus of freshwater snails, specifically cave snails, aquatic gastropod mollusks in the family Cochliopidae.^[2]

Cochliopa is the type genus of the family Cochliopidae.^[2]

This genus is not to be confused with the similar-sounding land snail genus, Cochlicopa.

Species within this genus include:

synonyms:

Cochliopa texana Pilsbry, 1935 is a synonym for Pyrgulopsis texana (Pilsbry, 1935) - Phantom cave snail^[5]

^ Stimpson W. (1865). "Diagnoses of newly discovered genera of gasteropods, belonging to the sub-fam. Hydrobiinae, of the family Rissoidae". American Journal of Conchology 1: 52-54.
^ ^a ^b Bouchet, Philippe; Rocroi, Jean-Pierre; Frýda, Jiri; Hausdorf, Bernard; Ponder, Winston; Valdés, Ángel & Warén, Anders (2005). "Classification and nomenclator of gastropod families". Malacologia. Hackenheim, Germany: ConchBooks. 47 (1–2): 1–397. ISBN 3-925919-72-4. ISSN 0076-2997.
^ "Cochliopa lubrica (Müller, 1774)". Discover Life, accessed 14 September 2010.
^ "Cochliopa perforata Thompson and Hershler, 1991". Discover Life, accessed 14 September 2010.
^ Hershler R., Liu H.-P. & Lang B. K. (2010). "Transfer of Cochliopa texana to Pyrgulopsis (Hydrobiidae) and description of a third congener from the lower Pecos River basin". Journal of Molluscan Studies 76(3): 245-256. doi:10.1093/mollus/eyq002.

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Cochliopa is a genus of freshwater snails, specifically cave snails, aquatic gastropod mollusks in the family Cochliopidae.

Cochliopa is the type genus of the family Cochliopidae.

This genus is not to be confused with the similar-sounding land snail genus, Cochlicopa.