Calocochlea pulcherrima

Calocochlea pulcherrima
	Shell of Calocochlea pulcherrima from Philippines at the Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Milano
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Order:	Stylommatophora
Family:	Camaenidae
Genus:	Calocochlea
Species:	C. pulcherrima
Binomial name
	Calocochlea pulcherrima; (G. B. Sowerby I, 1841)
Synonyms
	Calocochlea luzonica (Reeve, 1842) (junior synonym); Calocochlea luzonica luzonica (Reeve, 1842) (junior synonym); Cochlostyla (Callicochlias) chrysacme Quadras & Möllendorff, 1893 (junior synonym); Cochlostyla (Callicochlias) luzonica (Reeve, 1842) (superseded combination); Cochlostyla (Callicochlias) luzonica luzonica (Reeve, 1842) (superseded combination); Cochlostyla (Callicochlias) pulcherrima (G. B. Sowerby I, 1841) (superseded combination); Cochlostyla chrysacme Quadras & Möllendorff, 1893 (junior synonym); Cochlostyla luzonica (Reeve, 1842) (junior synonym); Cochlostyla pulcherrima (G. B. Sowerby I, 1841) (superseded combination); Helicostyla (Calocochlea) pulcherrima (G. B. Sowerby I, 1841) (superseded combination); Helicostyla pulcherrima (G. B. Sowerby I, 1841) (superseded combination); Helix (Cochlogena) pulcherrima G. B. Sowerby I, 1841 (original combination); Helix luzonica Reeve, 1842 (junior synonym); Helix luzonica L. Pfeiffer, 1842 (junior synonym); Helix pulcherrima G. B. Sowerby I, 1841;

Calocochlea pulcherrima is a species of large air-breathing land snail, a pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Camaenidae.^[1]

This species is very common in the Philippines. The shell is between 31 and 46 millimeters long with brown spiral bands and a cream-colored background.

References

^ MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Calocochlea pulcherrima (G. B. Sowerby I, 1841). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1442812 on 2021-02-07

Pfeiffer, L. (1842). Descriptions of new species of shells belonging to the genera Helix and Bulimus, collected by H. Cuming, Esq, in the Philippine Islands. Proceedings of the zoological Society of London. 10 (113): 84–89. London
ABBOTT, R.T., 1989: Compendium of landshells: a colour guide to more than 2,000 of the World's Terrestrial Shells. American Malacologists Inc., Burlington, USA.

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[WoRMS-1] MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Calocochlea pulcherrima (G. B. Sowerby I, 1841). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1442812 on 2021-02-07

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