Cochlostyla smaragdina

"Helicostyla smargadina" redirects here. For the species originally described by Grateloup in 1840, see Chloraea (gastropod).

Cochlostyla smaragdina is a species of small, air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks, in the family Camaenidae endemic to the Philippines.^[2] The specific name "smaragdina" comes from "smaragdus,"^[3] Latin for "emerald," and refers to the brilliant green of mature specimens. This name is commonly misspelled as "smargadina," an error which has propagated through multiple databases.^[1]

Cochlostyla smaragdina
Conservation status
Critically Endangered  (IUCN 2.3)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Order:	Stylommatophora
Family:	Camaenidae
Genus:	Cochlostyla
Species:	C. smaragdina
Binomial name
Cochlostyla smaragdina (Reeve, 1842)