Cochliopa

Cochliopa
Cochliopa
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Caenogastropoda

clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Littorinimorpha
Superfamily: Rissooidea
Family: Cochliopidae
Subfamily: Cochliopinae
Genus: Cochliopa
Stimpson, 1865[1]

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

Species within this genus include:

  • Cochliopa lubrica (Müller, 1774)[3]
  • Cochliopa perforata Thompson & Hershler, 1991[4]

synonyms:

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

References

  1. ^ 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.
  2. ^ a b Bouchet P., Rocroi J.-P., Frýda J., Hausdorf B., Ponder W., Valdés Á. & Warén A. (2005). "Classification and nomenclator of gastropod families". Malacologia: International Journal of Malacology (Hackenheim, Germany: ConchBooks) 47 (1-2): 1–397. ISBN 3925919724. ISSN 0076-2997. http://www.archive.org/details/malacologia47122005inst. 
  3. ^ "Cochliopa lubrica (Müller, 1774)". Discover Life, accessed 14 September 2010.
  4. ^ "Cochliopa perforata Thompson and Hershler, 1991". Discover Life, accessed 14 September 2010.
  5. ^ 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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