Calocochlea pulcherrima is a species of large air-breathing land snail, a pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Camaenidae.[1]
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| Calocochlea pulcherrima |
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| Shell of Calocochlea pulcherrima from Philippines at the Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Milano |
| Scientific classification |
| 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- Cochlostyla (Callicochlias) luzonica (Reeve, 1842) (superseded combination)
- Cochlostyla (Callicochlias) luzonica luzonica (Reeve, 1842) (superseded combination)
- Cochlostyla (Callicochlias) pulcherrima (G. B. Sowerby I, 1841) (superseded combination)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- Cochlostyla pulcherrima (G. B. Sowerby I, 1841) (superseded combination)
- Helicostyla (Calocochlea) pulcherrima (G. B. Sowerby I, 1841) (superseded combination)
- Helicostyla pulcherrima (G. B. Sowerby I, 1841) (superseded combination)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
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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.
