Cochlicopa lubrica is a species of small air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Cochlicopidae.
Description
The 5âÂÂ7.5 x 2.4âÂÂ2.9 mm shell has 4âÂÂ5 moderately convex whorls. The aperture inside is slightly thickened. There are no apertural teeth and there is no umbilicus. Shell colour is horny yellowish to reddish brown. The animal is greyish or blackish, with dark tentacles .
This species can be hard to differentiate from the similar species Cochlicopa lubricella.
Taxonomy
Cochlicopa repentina Hudec, 1960 has been evaluated as a form of Cochlicopa lubrica in 1994.
Distribution
This species occurs in countries and islands including:
References
Other sources
- Barker, G. M. (1999). Naturalised terrestrial Stylommatophora (Mollusca: Gastropoda). Fauna of New Zealand 38: 1-254
- Spencer, H.G., Marshall, B.A. & Willan, R.C. (2009). Checklist of New Zealand living Mollusca. pp 196âÂÂ219 in Gordon, D.P. (ed.) New Zealand inventory of biodiversity. Volume one. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia. Canterbury University Press, Christchurch
- Herbert, D.G. (2010). The introduced terrestrial Mollusca of South Africa. SANBI Biodiversity Series, 15: vi + 108 pp. Pretoria
- Kerney, M.P., Cameron, R.A.D. & Jungbluth, J-H. (1983). Die Landschnecken Nord- und Mitteleuropas. Ein Bestimmungsbuch für Biologen und Naturfreunde, 384 pp., 24 plates. [Summer or later]. Hamburg / Berlin (Paul Parey).
- Sysoev, A. V. & Schileyko, A. A. (2009). Land snails and slugs of Russia and adjacent countries. Sofia/Moskva (Pensoft). 312 pp., 142 plates
- Yen, T.-C. (1939). Die chinesischen Land- und SüÃÂwasser-Gastropoden des Natur-Museums Senckenberg. Abhandlungen der Senckenbergischen Naturforschenden Gesellschaft, 444: 1-233, pl. 1-16. Frankfurt am Main.
- Minato, H. (1988). A systematic and bibliographic list of the Japanese land snails. H. Minato, Shirahama, 294 pp., 7 pls
- National Institute of Biological Resources. (2019). National Species list of Korea. II. Vertebrates, Invertebrates, Protozoans. Designzip. 908 pp.
External links
- Cochlicopa lubrica at Animalbase taxonomy, short description, distribution, biology, status (threats), images
- "Cionella lubrica (Müller, 1774): Glossy Pillar". Terrestrial Gastropods of the Columbia Basin, British Columbia]
- "Cionella lubrica (Muller), Glossy pillar snail â Biodiversity of Great Smoky Mountains National Park"
- Müller, O. F. (1774). Vermium terrestrium et fluviatilium, seu animalium infusorium, Helminthicorum, et testaceorum, non marinorum, succincta historia. vol 2: I-XXXVI, 1-214, 10 unnumbered pages. Havniae et Lipsiae, apud Heineck et Faber, ex officina Molleriana
- Westerlund C.A. (1877). Sibiriens Land- och Sötvatten-Mollusker. I. Kongliga Svenska Vetenskaps-Akademiens Handlingar. 14(12): 1-111
- Stimpson, W. (1851). Shells of New England; a revision of the synonymy of the testaceous mollusks of New England, with notes on their structure and their geographical and bathymetrical distribution, with figures of new species. Phillips, Sampson and Company, Boston. 1-58, plates 1-2