Cochlicopa

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title: "Cochlicopa" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["cochlicopidae", "taxonomy-articles-created-by-polbot", "gastropod-genera"] description: "Genus of gastropods" topic_path: "general/cochlicopidae" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cochlicopa" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0

::summary Genus of gastropods ::

| image = Cochlicopa lubrica 2.png | image_caption = Cochlicopa lubrica | taxon = Cochlicopa | authority = Férussac, 1821 | synonyms_ref = | synonyms =

• Cionella Jeffreys, 1830
• Cionella Jeffreys, 1830 (junior objective synonym)
• Cionella (Zua) Turton, 1831
• Cochlicopa (Sinizua) Starobogatov, 1996 (a junior synonym)
• Ferussacia (Folliculus) Charpentier, 1837
• Folliculus Charpentier, 1837
• Helix (Cochlicopa) A. Férussac, 1821 (original rank)
• Hydastes Parreyss, 1849
• Sinizua Starobogatov, 1996
• Zua W. Turton, 1831

Cochlicopa, whose species are known as pillar snails, is a genus of small air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Cochlicopidae.

This genus is prevalent in the Northern Hemisphere across the United States, Mexico and Europe. These snails feed mostly on plant matter, detritus and fungi.

Species

Species in the genus Cochlicopa include:

• † Cochlicopa allixi (Cossmann, 1907)
• † Cochlicopa aurelianensis (Deshayes, 1863)
• † Cochlicopa brevis (Michaud, 1862)
• Cochlicopa davidis (Ancey, 1882)
• † Cochlicopa dormitzeri (Reuss in Reuss & Meyer, 1849)
• † Cochlicopa fassabortoloi Harzhauser, Neubauer & Esu in Harzhauser et al., 2015
• † Cochlicopa formicina (F. Sandberger, 1871)
• Cochlicopa hachijoensis Pilsbry, 1902
• † Cochlicopa headonensis Newton & G. F. Harris, 1894
• † Cochlicopa laevissima (Michaud, 1862)
• Cochlicopa lubrica (O. F. Müller, 1774) - glossy pillar
• Cochlicopa lubricella (Porro, 1838) - thin pillar
• † Cochlicopa macrostoma (O. Boettger, 1875)
• † Cochlicopa milleri Wenz, 1919
• Cochlicopa morseana Doherty 1878 - Appalachian pillar
• Cochlicopa nitens (M. von Gallenstein, 1848) - robust pillar
• † Cochlicopa procera Gottschick, 1920
• Cochlicopa sinensis (Heude, 1890)
• † Cochlicopa splendens (A. Braun in Walchner, 1851)
• † Cochlicopa subcylindroides (Paladilhe, 1873) ;Species brought into synonymy:
• † Cochlicopa loxostoma (Klein, 1853): synonym of † Hypnophila loxostoma (Klein, 1853) (new combination)
• Cochlicopa repentina Hudec, 1960: synonym of Cochlicopa lubrica (O. F. Müller, 1774)
• † Cochlicopa subrimata (Reuss in Reuss & Meyer, 1849) : synonym of † Hypnophila subrimata (Reuss in Reuss & Meyer, 1849) † (new combination)

References

• Starobogatov, Ya.I. (1996). Eurasiatic species of the genus Cochlicopa (Gastropoda, Pulmonata, Cochlicopidae). Ruthenica, 5 (2): 105–129. Moskva.
• Bank, R. A. (2017). Classification of the Recent terrestrial Gastropoda of the World. Last update: July 16, 2017

References

1. Férussac A. E. J. P. J. F. d'Audebard de [1821-1822]. ''Tableaux systématiques des animaux mollusques classés en familles naturelles, dans lesquels on a établi la concordance de tous les systèmes; suivis d'un prodrome général pour tous les mollusques terrestres ou fluviatiles, vivants ou fossiles''. pp. j-xlvij [= 1-47], [1], 1-110, [1]. Paris, Londres. (Bertrand, Sowerby).
2. [https://web.archive.org/web/20110622095751/http://www.faunaeur.org/full_results.php?id=270698 "''Cochlicopa'' A. Ferussac 1821"]. Fauna Europaea, accessed 13 September 2010.
3. MolluscaBase eds. (2020). MolluscaBase. Cochlicopa A. Férussac, 1821. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=819983 on 2020-08-25
4. "Pillar Snails (Cochlicopidae)".

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