Cochliopa
| Cochliopa | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| (unranked): | clade Caenogastropoda clade Hypsogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Rissooidea |
| Family: | Cochliopidae |
| Subfamily: | Cochliopinae |
| Genus: | Cochliopa Stimpson, 1865[1] |
Cochliopa is a genus of freshwater snails, specifically cave snails, aquatic gastropod mollusks in the family Cochliopidae.[2]
Cochliopa is the type genus of the family Cochliopidae.[2]
This genus is not to be confused with the similar-sounding land snail genus, Cochlicopa.
Species
Species within this genus include:
synonyms:
- Cochliopa texana Pilsbry, 1935 is a synonym for Pyrgulopsis texana (Pilsbry, 1935) - Phantom cave snail[5]
References
- ↑ Stimpson W. (1865). "Diagnoses of newly discovered genera of gasteropods, belonging to the sub-fam. Hydrobiinae, of the family Rissoidae". American Journal of Conchology 1: 52-54.
- 1 2 Bouchet P., Rocroi J.-P., Frýda J., Hausdorf B., Ponder W., Valdés Á. & Warén A. (2005). "Classification and nomenclator of gastropod families". Malacologia: International Journal of Malacology (Hackenheim, Germany: ConchBooks) 47 (1-2): 1–397. ISBN 3-925919-72-4. ISSN 0076-2997.
- ↑ "Cochliopa lubrica (Müller, 1774)". Discover Life, accessed 14 September 2010.
- ↑ "Cochliopa perforata Thompson and Hershler, 1991". Discover Life, accessed 14 September 2010.
- ↑ Hershler R., Liu H.-P. & Lang B. K. (2010). "Transfer of Cochliopa texana to Pyrgulopsis (Hydrobiidae) and description of a third congener from the lower Pecos River basin". Journal of Molluscan Studies 76(3): 245-256. doi:10.1093/mollus/eyq002.
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