Cochlodina laminata

Cochlodina laminata
Cochlodina laminata
Conservation status
NE[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Heterobranchia

clade Euthyneura
clade Panpulmonata
clade Eupulmonata
clade Stylommatophora
informal group Sigmurethra

Superfamily: Clausilioidea
Family: Clausiliidae
Subfamily: Alopiinae
Tribe: Cochlodinini
Genus: Cochlodina
Species: C. laminata
Binomial name
Cochlodina laminata
(Montagu, 1803)

Cochlodina laminata is a species of air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Clausiliidae, the door snails.

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Distribution

This species occurs in Europe.

Description

Like all species in the family Clausiliidae, Cochlodina laminata has a clausilium or "door". The second image shows the shape of the clausilium in this species.

The weight of the adult live snail is about 137.9±5.0 mg.[2]

References

  1. ^ 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. <www.iucnredlist.org>. cited July 7 2007.
  2. ^ Boch S., Prati D., Werth S., Rüetschi J. & Fischer M. (2011). "Lichen Endozoochory by Snails". PLoS ONE 6(4): e18770. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0018770.