Calocochlea pan

Calocochlea pan is a species of large air-breathing land snail, a pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Camaenidae. [1]

Calocochlea pan
Five views of a shell of Calocochlea pan
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Heterobranchia
clade Euthyneura
clade Panpulmonata
clade Eupulmonata
clade Stylommatophora
informal group Sigmurethra
Superfamily:
Helicoidea
Family:
Camaenidae
Genus:
Calocochlea
Species:
C. pan
Binomial name
Calocochlea pan
Broderip, 1841
Synonyms
  • Calocochlia pan (Broderip, 1841) (unaccepted genus)
  • Cochlostyla (Callicochlias) pan (Broderip, 1841) (superseded combination)
  • Cochlostyla (Calocochlea) pan (Broderip, 1841) (superseded combination)
  • Cochlostyla pan (Broderip, 1841) (superseded combination)
  • Helix pan Broderip, 1841 (original combination)

This species is very common in the Philippines. The shell is between 41 and 47 millimeters long with brown spiral bands and a cream-colored background.[2]

References
  1. MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Calocochlea pan (Broderip, 1841). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1442808 on 2021-02-07
  2. ABBOTT, R.T., 1989: Compendium of landshells: a colour guide to more than 2,000 of the World’s Terrestrial Shells. American Malacologists Inc., Burlington, USA. pp.171. ISBN 0915826232

[ https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30679666 Broderip, W. J. (1841). Descriptions of shells collected by H. Cuming, Esq., in the Philippine Islands. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. 9: 22-23, 34-35, 36-38, 44-46]

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