Cochlodina laminata

Species of gastropod

Cochlodina laminata
Shell of Cochlodina laminata
Conservation status

Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Heterobranchia
Order: Stylommatophora
Family: Clausiliidae
Genus: Cochlodina
Species:
C. laminata
Binomial name
Cochlodina laminata
(Montagu, 1803)
Synonyms
  • Cochlodina (Cochlodina) laminata (Montagu, 1803)· accepted, alternate representation
  • Turbo laminatus Montagu, 1803 (original name)

Cochlodina laminata is a species of air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Clausiliidae, the door snails, all of which have a clausilium.[2]

Subspecies
  • Cochlodina laminata albanica S. H. F. Jaeckel, 1956
  • Cochlodina laminata grossa (Rossmässler, 1835)
  • Cochlodina laminata insulana E. Gittenberger, 1967
  • Cochlodina laminata laminata (Montagu, 1803)
  • Cochlodina laminata nana (Möllendorff, 1873)
  • Cochlodina laminata oreinos (A. J. Wagner, 1914)
  • Cochlodina laminata partita (Westerlund, 1892)

Distribution

This species occurs in much of Europe, including:[1]

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 shell is brown to cherry red, nearly smooth and shiny. The parietalis is small, the columellaris is more prominent, the palatal callus is weak, the subcolumellaris is visible in an oblique view. .[4]

The weight of the adult live snail is about 138±5 mg.[5]

The clausilium of Cochlodina laminata

References

  1. ^ a b Seddon, M.B. (2017). "Cochlodina laminata". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2017: e.T171583A1328456.
  2. ^ MolluscaBase eds. (2020). MolluscaBase. Cochlodina A. Férussac, 1821. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=933875 on 2020-08-25
  3. ^ Balashov I. & Gural-Sverlova N. 2012. An annotated checklist of the terrestrial molluscs of Ukraine. Journal of Conchology. 41 (1): 91-109.
  4. ^ Animalbase (Welter-Schultes)
  5. ^ Boch, Steffen; Prati, Daniel; Werth, Silke; Rüetschi, Jörg; Fischer, Markus & Evans, Darren Mark (2011). "Lichen endozoochory by snails" (PDF). PLOS ONE. 6 (4): e18770. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0018770. PMC 3076439. PMID 21533256.
  • Sysoev, A. V. & Schileyko, A. A. (2009). Land snails and slugs of Russia and adjacent countries. Sofia/Moskva (Pensoft). 312 pp., 142 plates

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Cochlodina laminata.
  • Montagu, G. (1803). Testacea Britannica or natural history of British shells, marine, land, and fresh-water, including the most minute: Systematically arranged and embellished with figures. J. White, London, Vol. 1, xxxvii + 291 pp;; Vol. 2, pp. 293–606, pl. 1-16
  • Cochlodina laminata at Animalbase taxonomy,short description (including diagnosis), distribution, biology,status (threats), images
Taxon identifiers
Cochlodina laminata


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