Cochlicella barbara
| Cochlicella barbara | |
|---|---|
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| Cochlicella barbara in NSW, Australia | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| (unranked): | clade Heterobranchia clade Euthyneura clade Panpulmonata clade Eupulmonata clade Stylommatophora informal group Sigmurethra |
| Superfamily: | Helicoidea |
| Family: | Cochlicellidae |
| Genus: | Cochlicella |
| Species: | C. barbara |
| Binomial name | |
| Cochlicella barbara (Linnaeus, 1758)[1] | |
Cochlicella barbara is a species of small but very high-spired, air-breathing land snail, a pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Cochlicellidae.
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.[2]
References
- ↑ 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).
- ↑ http://www.ento.csiro.au/aicn/system/c_4262.htm, accessed 30 October 2008
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