Calocochlea

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Calocochlea
Shell of Calocochlea pulcherrima from Philippines at the Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Milano
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Heterobranchia
Order: Stylommatophora
Superfamily: Helicoidea
Family: Camaenidae
Subfamily: Bradybaeninae
Genus: Calocochlea
Hartmann, 1840
Type species
Helix pulcherrima G. B. Sowerby I, 1841
Synonyms
  • Callicochlias Agassiz, 1847 (unjustified emendation of the original name Calocochlea)
  • Calocochlia Hartmann, 1840 (unavailable; nomen nudum)
  • Cochlostyla (Callicochlias) Agassiz, 1847 (unjustified emendation)
  • Cochlostyla (Calocochlea) Hartmann, 1843 (superseded combination)
  • Halocochlea Bartsch, 1932
  • Helicostyla (Calocochlea) Hartmann, 1843 (superseded combination)
  • Helicostyla (Calocochlia) Hartmann, 1843 (unaccepted genus)
  • Helix (Callicochlias) Agassiz, 1847 (superseded combination)
  • Helix (Calocochlea) Hartmann, 1843 (original rank)

Calocochlea is a genus of large air-breathing land snails, pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Camaenidae.[1]

Species[edit]

Species brought into synonymy
  • Calocochlea cromyodes (L. Pfeiffer, 1843) : synonym of Calocochlea valenciennii (Eydoux, 1838) (junior synonym)
  • Calocochlea luzonica Sowerby I, 1842 : synonym of Calocochlea pulcherrima (G. B. Sowerby I, 1841) (junior synonym)
  • Calocochlea samarensis Semper, 1877: synonym of Calocochlea zonifera samarensis (C. Semper, 1877)
  • Calocochlea sowerbyi (Hidalgo, 1896): synonym of Calocochlea decipiens (G. B. Sowerby I, 1841) (junior synonym)

References[edit]

  1. ^ MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Calocochlea Hartmann, 1843. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1394597 on 2021-02-07

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