Calocochlia pulcherrima
| Calocochlia pulcherrima | |
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| Shell of Calocochlia pulcherrima from Philippines at the Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Milano | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Subkingdom: | Metazoa |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| (unranked): | clade Heterobranchia clade Euthyneura |
| Superfamily: | Helicoidea |
| Family: | Bradybaenidae |
| Genus: | Calocochlia |
| Species: | C. pulcherrima |
| Binomial name | |
| Calocochlia pulcherrima Sowerby, 1841
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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 to 46 millimeters long with brown spiral bands and a cream-colored background.
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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