Cochlicella barbara

Cochlicella barbara is a species of small but very high-spired, air-breathing land snail, a pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Geomitridae. [2]

Cochlicella barbara
Cochlicella barbara in NSW, Australia
Scientific classification
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C. barbara
Binomial name
Cochlicella barbara
(Linnaeus, 1758)[1]
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)

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.[3]

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. [1-4], 1-824. Holmiae. (Salvius).
  2. MolluscaBase eds. (2020). MolluscaBase. Cochlicella barbara (Linnaeus, 1758). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=426382 on 2020-08-25
  3. http://www.ento.csiro.au/aicn/system/c_4262.htm, accessed 30 October 2008
  • Provoost, S.; Bonte, D. (Ed.) (2004). Animated dunes: a view of biodiversity at the Flemish coast [Levende duinen: een overzicht van de biodiversiteit aan de Vlaamse kust]. 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.
  • Herbert, D.G. (2010). The introduced terrestrial Mollusca of South Africa. SANBI Biodiversity Series, 15: vi + 108 pp. Pretoria.
  • 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.
  • pencer, 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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