Cochlicopa lubrica
Encyclopedia
Cochlicopa lubrica is a species
of small air-breathing land snail
, a terrestrial
pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Cochlicopidae
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This species can be hard to differentiate from the similar species Cochlicopa lubricella
.
Species
In biology, a species is one of the basic units of biological classification and a taxonomic rank. A species is often defined as a group of organisms capable of interbreeding and producing fertile offspring. While in many cases this definition is adequate, more precise or differing measures are...
of small air-breathing land snail
Land snail
A land snail is any of the many species of snail that live on land, as opposed to those that live in salt water and fresh water. Land snails are terrestrial gastropod mollusks that have shells, It is not always an easy matter to say which species are terrestrial, because some are more or less...
, a terrestrial
Terrestrial animal
Terrestrial animals are animals that live predominantly or entirely on land , as compared with aquatic animals, which live predominantly or entirely in the water , or amphibians, which rely on a combination of aquatic and terrestrial habitats...
pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Cochlicopidae
Cochlicopidae
Cochlicopidae is a taxonomic family of small, air-breathing, land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Cochlicopoidea.-Anatomy:...
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This species can be hard to differentiate from the similar species Cochlicopa lubricella
Cochlicopa lubricella
Cochlicopa lubricella is a species of small air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Cochlicopidae.This species is closely related to Cochlicopa lubrica, but the shell is narrower in proportion....
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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:- Czech Republic
- Netherlands
- Poland
- Slovakia
- Great Britain
- Ireland
External links
- "Cionella lubrica (Müller, 1774): Glossy Pillar". Terrestrial Gastropods of the Columbia Basin, British Columbia]
- "Cionella lubrica (Muller), Glossy pillar snail - Biodiversity of Great Smoky Mountains National Park"