Calocochlia pulcherrima
Calocochlia pulcherrima is a species of large air-breathing land snail, a pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Bradybaenidae. 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.
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| Shell of Calocochlia pulcherrima from Philippines at the Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Milano | |
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| (unranked): | clade Heterobranchia clade Euthyneura clade Panpulmonata clade Eupulmonata clade Stylommatophora informal group Sigmurethra |
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| Species: | C. pulcherrima |
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| Calocochlia pulcherrima Sowerby, 1841
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References
- 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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