Kingdom Animalia Higher classification Cochlicopa | Superfamily Cochlicopoidea Genus Cochlicopa Rank Species | |
 | ||
Similar Cochlicopa, Cochlicopa lubricella, Vallonia, Vallonia costata, Vallonia pulchella | ||
Cochlicopa lubrica
Cochlicopa lubrica is a species of small air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Cochlicopidae.
Contents
cochlicopa lubrica
Description
The 5-7.5 x 2.4-2.9 mm shell has 4-5 moderately convex whorls.The aperture inside is slightly thickened. There are no apertural teeth and there is no umbilicus. Shell colour is horny yellowish to reddish brown. The animal is greyish or blackish, with dark tentacles .
This species can be hard to differentiate from the similar species Cochlicopa lubricella.
Taxonomy
Cochlicopa repentina Hudec, 1960 has been evaluated as a form of Cochlicopa lubrica in 1994.
Distribution
This species occurs in countries and islands including:
References
Cochlicopa lubrica Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA