Rock snail

Rock snail
Codringtonia codringtonii in the wild in Greece
Conservation status
Endangered  (IUCN 3.1) [1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Order:	Stylommatophora
Family:	Helicidae
Genus:	Codringtonia
Species:	C. codringtonii
Binomial name
Codringtonia codringtonii (Gray, 1834) [2]
Synonyms [3]
Codringtonia (Codringtonia) codringtonii(Gray, 1834) Codringtonia (Codringtonia) gittenbergeriSubai, 2005 Codringtonia gittenbergeriSubai, 2005 Helix codringtoniiJ. E. Gray, 1834 [4] Helix avariensisL. Pfeiffer, 1848

The rock snail, scientific name Codringtonia codringtonii, is a species of air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Helicidae, the typical snails. ^{[1] [5] [6]}

Geographic distribution

C. codringtonii is endemic to Greece, where it occurs in the south-western part of the Peloponnese. ^{[1] [5] [6]}

References

1. Triantis, K.; Vardinoyannis, K. (2011). "Codringtonia codringtonii". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2011 e.T5056A11111256. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2011-1.RLTS.T5056A11111256.en . Retrieved 12 November 2021.
2. Gray, J. E. (1834). [Various undescribed shells]. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 2: 57–68. page 67.
3. MolluscaBase eds. (2024). MolluscaBase. Codringtonia codringtonii (J. E. Gray, 1834). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1050073 on 20 June 2024
4. Gray, J. E. (1834). [Exhibition of an extensive series of land and freshwater shells regarded as hitherto undescribed]. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. (1834) 2: 63–68., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12859659 page(s): 67
5. "Taxon Details: Codringtonia (Codringtonia) codringtonii (Gray 1834)". Fauna Europaea. Archived from the original on 19 August 2014. Retrieved 21 August 2014.
6. Welter Schultes, F. "Species summary for Codringtonia codringtonii ". AnimalBase . SUB Göttingen . Retrieved 21 August 2014.

External links

• "Codringtonia codringtonii shell detail". Conchology, Inc.