Cochlicella barbara

Cochlicella barbara
Cochlicella barbara
Cochlicella barbara in NSW, Australia
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Heterobranchia
clade Euthyneura
clade Panpulmonata
clade Eupulmonata
clade Stylommatophora
informal group Sigmurethra
Superfamily: Helicoidea
Family: Cochlicellidae
Genus: Cochlicella
Species: C. barbara
Binomial name
Cochlicella barbara
(Linnaeus, 1758)[1]

Cochlicella barbara is a species of small but very high-spired, air-breathing land snail, a pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Cochlicellidae.

Distribution

Cochlicella barbara

This species is native to Europe. It occurs, mostly on the coast, from north Portugal to the northwestern Mediterranean area. It has been widely introduced in other countries in the same general area, including England and Wales.

This is also an introduced species in Australia.[2]

References

  1. ^ Linnaeus, C. 1758. Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Tomus I. Editio decima, reformata. - pp. [1-4], 1-824. Holmiae. (Salvius).
  2. ^ http://www.ento.csiro.au/aicn/system/c_4262.htm, accessed 30 October 2008

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