Cochliopidae

Cochliopidae
	A live individual of Antrobia culveri
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Littorinimorpha
Superfamily:	Truncatelloidea
Family:	Cochliopidae ; Tryon, 1866
Synonyms
	Semisalsinae Giusti & Pezzoli, 1980

Last updated July 08, 2023

Cochliopidae is a family of small freshwater snails with gills and an operculum, aquatic gastropod mollusks.

Description

Cochliopidae snails are characterized by sharp, elongated spire-like structures, and can be found in rivers or brackish water.^[1]

2005 taxonomy

The family Cochliopidae consists of 3 subfamilies (according to the taxonomy of the Gastropoda by Bouchet & Rocroi, 2005):^[3]

Cochliopinae Tryon, 1866 - synonyms: Mexithaumatinae D. W. Taylor, 1966, Paludiscalinae D. W. Taylor, 1966
Littoridininae Thiele, 1928
Semisalsinae Guiusti & Pezzoli, 1980 - synonym: Heleobiini Bernasconi, 1991

Genera

Liu et al. (2001)^[4] have recognized 34 genera with more than 260 species within the subfamily Cochliopinae.^[4]

Strong et al. (2008)^[5] have recognized 246 freshwater species within Cochliopidae.^[5]

Genera within the family Cochliopidae include:

subfamily Cochliopinae

Aphaostracon F. G. Thompson, 1968
Coahuilix Taylor, 1966
Cochliopa Stimpson, 1865 - type genus of the family Cochliopidae^[3]
Cochliopina Morrison, 1946

subfamily Littoridininae

AntrobiaHubricht, 1971 - with the only species Antrobia culveri Hubricht, 1971^[6] - Tumbling Creek cavesnail
Littoridina Souleyet, 1852
Pseudotryonia Hershler, 2001^[7]
- Pseudotryonia adamantina ^[7]
- Pseudotryonia alamosae ^[7]
- Pseudotryonia brevissima ^[7]
- Pseudotryonia grahamae ^[7]
- Pseudotryonia mica Hershler, Liu & Landye, 2011^[7]
- Pseudotryonia pasajae Hershler, Liu & Landye, 2011^[7]

subfamily Semisalsinae - there are three genera in the subfamily Semisalsinae^[8]

Heleobia Stimpson, 1865^[3]^[8]
Heleobops Thompson, 1968^[8]
Semisalsa Radoman, 1974^[3]^[8]

subfamily ? (either Cochliopinae or Littoridininae)

Aroapyrgus H. B. Baker, 1931
Balconorbis Hershler & Longley, 1986
† Carinulorbis Yen, 1949
Chorrobius Hershler, Liu & Landye, 2011^[7]
Dyris Conrad, 1871 - it has extant species and also 26 species in Miocene Pebas Formation^[9]
Emmericiella Pilsbry, 1909
Eremopyprgus Hershler, 1999^[10]^[11]
† Feliconcha Wesselingh, Anderson & Kadolsky, 2006 - two species from Miocene of the Pebas Formation ^[9]
- Feliconcha feliconcha Wesselingh, Anderson & Kadolsky, 2006^[9]
- Feliconcha reticulata Wesselingh, Anderson & Kadolsky, 2006^[9]
(probably extant)^[9] Glabertryonia Wesselingh, Anderson & Kadolsky, 2006 - three species^[9]
- † Glabertryonia glabra Wesselingh, Anderson & Kadolsky, 2006 - from Miocene of the Pebas Formation^[9]
- † Glabertryonia sp. 1 - from Pliocene of the Las Piedras Formation ^[9]
- (probably extant) Glabertryonia sp. 2 - from Holocene of Surinam, probably extant^[9]
Juturnia Hershler, Liu & Stockwell, 2002
Lithococcus Pilsbry, 1911
Mesobia F. G. Thompson & Hershler, 1991
Mexipyrgus Taylor, 1966
Minckleyella Hershler, Liu & Landye, 2011^[7] - with the only species Minckleyella balnearis Hershler, Liu & Landye, 2011^[7]
Onobops Thompson, 1968^[9]
Pyrgophorus Ancey, 1888^[9]
Sioliella Haas, 1949
Spurwinkia Davis, Mazurkiewicz & Mandracchia, 1982
Texadina Abbott & Ladd, 1951
Thalassobia Bourguignat in Mabille, 1877

Cladogram

A cladogram based on sequences of mitochondrial cytochrome-c oxidase I (COI) genes showing phylogenic relations of species within Cochliopidae:^[4]

Cochliopidae

Related Research Articles

Tryonia is a genus of freshwater snails in the family Hydrobiidae. This genus is sometimes placed in the family Cochliopidae

Littorinimorpha is a large order of snails, gastropods, consisting primarily of sea snails, but also including some freshwater snails and land snails.

Hydrobiidae, commonly known as mud snails, is a large cosmopolitan family of very small freshwater and brackish water snails with an operculum; they are in the order Littorinimorpha.

The Tumbling Creek cavesnail is a species of freshwater cave snail with gills and an operculum, an aquatic gastropod mollusk in the family Amnicolidae.

The dense hydrobe, scientific name Aphaostracon pycnum, is a species of small freshwater snails with a gill and an operculum, aquatic gastropod mollusks in the family Cochliopidae.

Coahuilix is a genus of small freshwater snails that have an operculum, aquatic gastropod mollusks in the family Cochliopidae.

Cochliopa is a genus of freshwater snails, specifically cave snails, aquatic gastropod mollusks in the family Cochliopidae.

Pyrgulopsis is a genus of freshwater snails with a gill and an operculum, aquatic gastropod mollusks in the family Hydrobiidae.

Amnicolidae is a family of small freshwater snails with a gill and an operculum, aquatic gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Rissooidea.

Pomatiopsidae is a family of small, mainly freshwater snails, that have gills and an operculum, aquatic gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Truncatelloidea.

Lithoglyphidae is a family of small freshwater snails with gills and an operculum, aquatic gastropod mollusks.

Heleobia is a genus of small freshwater and brackish water snails with a gill and an operculum, aquatic gastropod mollusks in the family Cochliopidae and the superfamily Truncatelloidea.

Onobops is a genus of very small aquatic snails, operculate gastropod mollusks in the family Cochliopidae or in the Hydrobiidae.

Erhaia is a genus of small to minute freshwater snails with a gill and an operculum, aquatic gastropod mollusks in the family Amnicolidae.

Floridobia is a genus of very small freshwater snails that have an operculum, in the family Hydrobiidae, the mud snails.

Eremopyprgus is a genus of very small freshwater snails, aquatic gastropod mollusks in the family Cochliopidae.

Chorrobius is a genus of very small freshwater snails, aquatic gastropod mollusks in the family Cochliopidae.

Minckleyella is a monotypic genus of gastropods belonging to the family Cochliopidae. The only species is Minckleyella balnearis.

References

1 2 Bourguignat, Jules René (1888-01-01). Iconographie malacologique des animaux mollusques fluviatiles du Lac Tanganika (in French). Impr. Crété.
↑ MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Cochliopidae Tryon, 1866. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=411706 on 2021-05-13
1 2 3 4 Bouchet, Philippe; Rocroi, Jean-Pierre; Frýda, Jiri; Hausdorf, Bernard; Ponder, Winston; Valdés, Ángel & Warén, Anders (2005). "Classification and nomenclator of gastropod families". Malacologia . Hackenheim, Germany: ConchBooks. 47 (1–2): 1–397. ISBN 3-925919-72-4. ISSN 0076-2997.
1 2 3 Liu H.-P., Hershler R. & Thompson F. G. (2001). "Phylogenetic Relationships of the Cochliopinae (Rissooidea: Hydrobiidae): An Enigmatic Group of Aquatic Gastropods". Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 21(1): 17-25. doi : 10.1006/mpev.2001.0988.
1 2 Strong E. E., Gargominy O., Ponder W. F. & Bouchet P. (2008). "Global Diversity of Gastropods (Gastropoda; Mollusca) in Freshwater". Hydrobiologia 595: 149-166. hdl : 10088/7390 doi : 10.1007/s10750-007-9012-6.
↑ Kabat A. R. & Hershler R. (1993). "The prosobranch snail family Hydrobiidae (Gastropoda: Rissooidea): review of classification and supraspecific taxa". Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology 547: 1-94. PDF.
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Hershler R., Liu H.-P. & Landye J. J. (2011). "Two new genera and four new species of freshwater cochliopid gastropods (Rissooidea) from northeastern Mexico". Journal of Molluscan Studies 77(1): 8-23. doi : 10.1093/mollus/eyq033.
1 2 3 4 Kroll O., Hershler R., Albrecht C., Terrazas E. M., Apaza R., Fuentealba C., Wolff C. & Wilke T. (2012). "The endemic gastropod fauna of Lake Titicaca: correlation between molecular evolution and hydrographic history". Ecology and Evolution 2(7): 1517-1530. doi : 10.1002/ece3.280.
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Wesselingh F. P., Anderson L. C. & Kadolsky D. (2006). "Molluscs from the Miocene Pebas Formation of Peruvian and Colombian Amazonia". Scripta Geologica 1333: 19-290. PDF.
↑ Hershler R., Liu H.-P. & Landye J. J. (2002). "A new species of Eremopyprgus (Hydrobiidae: Cochliopinae) from the Chihuahuan desert, Mexico: Phylogentic relationships and biogeography". Journal of Molluscan Studies 68: 7-13. PDF.
↑ Hershler R. (1999). "A systematic review of the hydrobiid snails (Gastropoda: Rissoidea) of the Great Basin, western United States. Part II. Genera Colligyrus, Fluminicola, Pristinicola, and Tryonia". The Veliger42(4): 306-337. PDF.

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[:0-1] 1 2 Bourguignat, Jules René (1888-01-01). Iconographie malacologique des animaux mollusques fluviatiles du Lac Tanganika (in French). Impr. Crété.

[WoRMS-2] MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Cochliopidae Tryon, 1866. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=411706 on 2021-05-13

[Bouchet_2005-3] 1 2 3 4 Bouchet, Philippe; Rocroi, Jean-Pierre; Frýda, Jiri; Hausdorf, Bernard; Ponder, Winston; Valdés, Ángel & Warén, Anders (2005). "Classification and nomenclator of gastropod families". Malacologia . Hackenheim, Germany: ConchBooks. 47 (1–2): 1–397. ISBN 3-925919-72-4. ISSN 0076-2997.

[Liu_2001-4] 1 2 3 Liu H.-P., Hershler R. & Thompson F. G. (2001). "Phylogenetic Relationships of the Cochliopinae (Rissooidea: Hydrobiidae): An Enigmatic Group of Aquatic Gastropods". Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 21(1): 17-25. doi : 10.1006/mpev.2001.0988.

[Strong_2008-5] 1 2 Strong E. E., Gargominy O., Ponder W. F. & Bouchet P. (2008). "Global Diversity of Gastropods (Gastropoda; Mollusca) in Freshwater". Hydrobiologia 595: 149-166. hdl : 10088/7390 doi : 10.1007/s10750-007-9012-6.

[Kabat_1993-6] Kabat A. R. & Hershler R. (1993). "The prosobranch snail family Hydrobiidae (Gastropoda: Rissooidea): review of classification and supraspecific taxa". Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology 547: 1-94. PDF.

[Hershler_2011-7] 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Hershler R., Liu H.-P. & Landye J. J. (2011). "Two new genera and four new species of freshwater cochliopid gastropods (Rissooidea) from northeastern Mexico". Journal of Molluscan Studies 77(1): 8-23. doi : 10.1093/mollus/eyq033.

[Kroll_2012-8] 1 2 3 4 Kroll O., Hershler R., Albrecht C., Terrazas E. M., Apaza R., Fuentealba C., Wolff C. & Wilke T. (2012). "The endemic gastropod fauna of Lake Titicaca: correlation between molecular evolution and hydrographic history". Ecology and Evolution 2(7): 1517-1530. doi : 10.1002/ece3.280.

[Wesselingh_2006-9] 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Wesselingh F. P., Anderson L. C. & Kadolsky D. (2006). "Molluscs from the Miocene Pebas Formation of Peruvian and Colombian Amazonia". Scripta Geologica 1333: 19-290. PDF.

[10] Hershler R., Liu H.-P. & Landye J. J. (2002). "A new species of Eremopyprgus (Hydrobiidae: Cochliopinae) from the Chihuahuan desert, Mexico: Phylogentic relationships and biogeography". Journal of Molluscan Studies 68: 7-13. PDF.

[Hershler_1999-11] Hershler R. (1999). "A systematic review of the hydrobiid snails (Gastropoda: Rissoidea) of the Great Basin, western United States. Part II. Genera Colligyrus, Fluminicola, Pristinicola, and Tryonia". The Veliger42(4): 306-337. PDF.

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