Cochlicopa lubricella
Encyclopedia
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.
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:...
.
This species is closely related to Cochlicopa lubrica
Cochlicopa lubrica
Cochlicopa lubrica is a species of small air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Cochlicopidae.This species can be hard to differentiate from the similar species Cochlicopa lubricella.-Taxonomy:...
, but the shell is narrower in proportion.
Distribution
Distribution of Cochlicopa lubricella include:- Czech Republic
- Netherlands
- Slovakia
- Great Britain
- Ireland
External links
- An image of one shell of this species http://www.mollusken-nrw.de/forschung/bilder/Coclbi.500x500.jpg
