Calocochlea pulcherrima

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

Calocochlea pulcherrima
Shell of Calocochlea pulcherrima from Philippines at the Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Milano
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. pulcherrima
Binomial name
Calocochlea pulcherrima
(G. B. Sowerby I, 1841)
Synonyms
  • Calocochlea luzonica (Reeve, 1842) (junior synonym)
  • Calocochlea luzonica luzonica (Reeve, 1842) (junior synonym)
  • Cochlostyla (Callicochlias) chrysacme Quadras & Möllendorff, 1893 (junior synonym)
  • Cochlostyla (Callicochlias) luzonica (Reeve, 1842) (superseded combination)
  • Cochlostyla (Callicochlias) luzonica luzonica (Reeve, 1842) (superseded combination)
  • Cochlostyla (Callicochlias) pulcherrima (G. B. Sowerby I, 1841) (superseded combination)
  • Cochlostyla chrysacme Quadras & Möllendorff, 1893 (junior synonym)
  • Cochlostyla luzonica (Reeve, 1842) (junior synonym)
  • Cochlostyla pulcherrima (G. B. Sowerby I, 1841) (superseded combination)
  • Helicostyla (Calocochlea) pulcherrima (G. B. Sowerby I, 1841) (superseded combination)
  • Helicostyla pulcherrima (G. B. Sowerby I, 1841) (superseded combination)
  • Helix (Cochlogena) pulcherrima G. B. Sowerby I, 1841 (original combination)
  • Helix luzonica Reeve, 1842 (junior synonym)
  • Helix luzonica L. Pfeiffer, 1842 (junior synonym)
  • Helix pulcherrima G. B. Sowerby I, 1841

This species is very common in the Philippines. The shell is between 31 and 46 millimeters long with brown spiral bands and a cream-colored background.

References
  • Pfeiffer, L. (1842). Descriptions of new species of shells belonging to the genera Helix and Bulimus, collected by H. Cuming, Esq, in the Philippine Islands. Proceedings of the zoological Society of London. 10 (113): 84–89. London
  • 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.


  1. MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Calocochlea pulcherrima (G. B. Sowerby I, 1841). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1442812 on 2021-02-07
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