Cochliopa

Cochliopa is a genus of freshwater snails, specifically cave snails, aquatic gastropod mollusks in the family Cochliopidae.[2]

Cochliopa
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
(unranked):	clade Caenogastropoda clade Hypsogastropoda clade Littorinimorpha
Superfamily:	Rissooidea
Family:	Cochliopidae
Subfamily:	Cochliopinae
Genus:	Cochliopa Stimpson, 1865[1]

Cochliopa is the type genus of the family Cochliopidae.[2]

This genus is not to be confused with the similar-sounding land snail genus, Cochlicopa.

Species

Species within this genus include:

• Cochliopa lubrica (Müller, 1774)[3]
• Cochliopa perforata Thompson & Hershler, 1991[4]

synonyms:

• Cochliopa texana Pilsbry, 1935 is a synonym for Pyrgulopsis texana (Pilsbry, 1935) - Phantom cave snail[5]

References

1. Stimpson W. (1865). "Diagnoses of newly discovered genera of gasteropods, belonging to the sub-fam. Hydrobiinae, of the family Rissoidae". American Journal of Conchology 1: 52-54.
2. Bouchet, Philippe; Rocroi, Jean-Pierre; Frýda, Jiri; Hausdorf, Bernard; Ponder, Winston; Valdés, Ángel & Warén, Anders (2005). "Classification and nomenclator of gastropod families". Malacologia. Hackenheim, Germany: ConchBooks. 47 (1–2): 1–397. ISBN 3-925919-72-4. ISSN 0076-2997.
3. "Cochliopa lubrica (Müller, 1774)". Discover Life, accessed 14 September 2010.
4. "Cochliopa perforata Thompson and Hershler, 1991". Discover Life, accessed 14 September 2010.
5. Hershler R., Liu H.-P. & Lang B. K. (2010). "Transfer of Cochliopa texana to Pyrgulopsis (Hydrobiidae) and description of a third congener from the lower Pecos River basin". Journal of Molluscan Studies 76(3): 245-256. doi:10.1093/mollus/eyq002.