Cochlicella barbara

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Cochlicella barbara
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Cochlicella barbara in NSW, Australia
Scientific classification OOjs UI icon edit-ltr.svg
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Order: Stylommatophora
Family: Geomitridae
Genus: Cochlicella
Species:
C. barbara
Binomial name
Cochlicella barbara
(Linnaeus, 1758) [1]
Synonyms
  • Bulimus ventricosusDraparnaud, 1801
  • Cochlicella (Prietocella) barbara(Linnaeus, 1758)· accepted, alternate representation
  • Cochlicella bulimoidesMoquin-Tandon, 1855
  • Helix (Cochlicella) ventrosaFérussac, 1821
  • Helix barbaraLinnaeus, 1758
  • Prietocella barbara(Linnaeus, 1758) (invalid combination)

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

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Distribution

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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] and South Africa. [4]

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. "WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Cochlicella barbara (Linnaeus, 1758)". Marinespecies.org. Retrieved 16 May 2022.
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  4. David G. Herbert (2010). "The introduced terrestrial Mollusca of South Africa" (PDF). Sanbi.org. Retrieved 16 May 2022.