Calocochlea pulcherrima

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Calocochlea pulcherrima
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Shell of Calocochlea pulcherrima from Philippines at the Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Milano
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Heterobranchia
Order: Stylommatophora
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) chrysacmeQuadras & 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  • Cochlostyla (Callicochlias) luzonica(Reeve, 1842) (superseded combination)
  • Cochlostyla (Callicochlias) luzonica luzonica(Reeve, 1842) (superseded combination)
  • Cochlostyla (Callicochlias) pulcherrima(G. B. Sowerby I, 1841) (superseded combination)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 chrysacmeQuadras & 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  • Cochlostyla pulcherrima(G. B. Sowerby I, 1841) (superseded combination)
  • Helicostyla (Calocochlea) pulcherrima(G. B. Sowerby I, 1841) (superseded combination)
  • Helicostyla pulcherrima(G. B. Sowerby I, 1841) (superseded combination)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) pulcherrimaG. B. Sowerby I, 1841 (original combination)
  • Helix luzonicaReeve, 1842 (junior synonym)
  • Helix luzonicaL. Pfeiffer, 1842 (junior synonym)
  • Helix pulcherrimaG. B. Sowerby I, 1841

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

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.

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References

  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