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Cochlicella barbara

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Species of gastropod
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Cochlicella barbara
Cochlicella barbara in NSW, Australia
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Order: Stylommatophora
Family: Geomitridae
Genus: Cochlicella
Species: C. barbara
Binomial name
Cochlicella barbara
(Linnaeus, 1758)
Synonyms
  • Bulimus ventricosus Draparnaud, 1801
  • Cochlicella (Prietocella) barbara (Linnaeus, 1758)· accepted, alternate representation
  • Cochlicella bulimoides Moquin-Tandon, 1855
  • Helix (Cochlicella) ventrosa Férussac, 1821
  • Helix barbara Linnaeus, 1758
  • Prietocella barbara (Linnaeus, 1758) (invalid combination)

Cochlicella barbara, now known as Prietocella barbara, is a species of small but high-spired, air-breathing land snail, a pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Geomitridae.

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, and South Africa.

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. , 1-824. Holmiae. (Salvius).
  2. "WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Cochlicella barbara (Linnaeus, 1758)". Marinespecies.org. Retrieved 16 May 2022.
  4. David G. Herbert (2010). "The introduced terrestrial Mollusca of South Africa" (PDF). Sanbi.org. Retrieved 16 May 2022.
  • Provoost, S.; Bonte, D. (Ed.) (2004). Animated dunes: a view of biodiversity at the Flemish coast . Mededelingen van het Instituut voor Natuurbehoud, 22. Instituut voor Natuurbehoud: Brussel, Belgium. ISBN 90-403-0205-7. 416, ill., appendices pp.
  • Barker, G. M. (1999). Naturalised terrestrial Stylommatophora (Mollusca: Gastropoda). Fauna of New Zealand 38: 1-254.
  • 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.
  • Spencer, H.G., Marshall, B.A. & Willan, R.C. (2009). Checklist of New Zealand living Mollusca. pp. 196–219. in: Gordon, D.P. (ed.) New Zealand inventory of biodiversity. Volume one. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia. Canterbury University Press, Christchurch.

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Taxon identifiers
Cochlicella barbara


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