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Taxonomy
Family: Subfamily:
GEOMITRIDAE: GEOMITRINAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Heterobranchia (Subclass)
> Euthyneura (Infraclass)
> Tectipleura (Subterclass)
> Eupulmonata (Superorder)
> Stylommatophora (Order)
> Helicina (Suborder)
> Helicoidei (Infraorder)
> Helicoidea (Superfamily)
> Geomitridae (Family)
> Geomitrinae (Subfamily)
> Cochlicella (Genus)
> barbara (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Cochlicella (Prietocella) Schileyko & Menkhorst, 1997
=Cochlicellus H. Beck, 1837
=Helix (Cochlicella) Férussac, 1821
=Prietocella Schileyko & Menkhorst, 1997
=Xeroacuta Monterosato, 1892
Synonymised Names:
=Bulimus ventricosus Draparnaud, 1801
=Cochlicella (Prietocella) barbara (Linnaeus, 1758) accepted, alternate representation
=Cochlicella bulimoides Moquin-Tandon, 1855
=Helix (Cochlicella) ventrosa Férussac, 1821
=Helix barbara Linnaeus, 1758
=Prietocella barbara (Linnaeus, 1758)
Images: Cochlicella barbara (Linnaeus, 1758)
Eden Terrace, Auckland, NZ. 8mm
In upper dunes, Henderson Bay, Far North, NZ. 8-10mm
Taxonomy
Family: Subfamily:
GEOMITRIDAE: GEOMITRINAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Heterobranchia (Subclass)
> Euthyneura (Infraclass)
> Tectipleura (Subterclass)
> Eupulmonata (Superorder)
> Stylommatophora (Order)
> Helicina (Suborder)
> Helicoidei (Infraorder)
> Helicoidea (Superfamily)
> Geomitridae (Family)
> Geomitrinae (Subfamily)
> Cochlicella (Genus)
> barbara (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Cochlicella (Prietocella) Schileyko & Menkhorst, 1997
=Cochlicellus H. Beck, 1837
=Helix (Cochlicella) Férussac, 1821
=Prietocella Schileyko & Menkhorst, 1997
=Xeroacuta Monterosato, 1892
Synonymised Names:
=Bulimus ventricosus Draparnaud, 1801
=Cochlicella (Prietocella) barbara (Linnaeus, 1758) accepted, alternate representation
=Cochlicella bulimoides Moquin-Tandon, 1855
=Helix (Cochlicella) ventrosa Férussac, 1821
=Helix barbara Linnaeus, 1758
=Prietocella barbara (Linnaeus, 1758)
Details: Cochlicella barbara (Linnaeus, 1758)
Size/Grows to:
Height 12mm, Width 5mm
Distribution:
Native to the Mediterranean region. Introduced to North America, Bermuda, South Africa, Australia and New Zealand. North Island
Geographical Range:
L.N.
Notes:
Land
Distribution Map
 
References and Publications
  • Barker, G.M. 1999 Naturalised Terrestrial Stylommatophora (Mollusca: Gastropoda), Fauna of New Zealand, Manaaki Whenua Press (p.75)

Key to Geographical Ranges
NZ Map showing Geographical Ranges
The symbols K.A.C.F.M.An. are used to indicate the geographical range of the species. They have been adopted to give an approximation of the range of each species within New Zealand.
K=
Kermadec Islands
A=
Aupourian - Kaipara Harbour, north around North Cape, encompassing the Three Kings Islands and south to East Cape
C=
Cookian - Lower North Island and the northern part of the South Island
F=
Forsterian - Otago, Fiordland and Stewart Island
M=
Moriorian - Chatham Islands, Pitt Island
An=
Antipodean - Subantarctic Islands of New Zealand
Fw =
Freshwater
L =
Land
N =
North Island
S =
South Island
R =
Recent
Sf =
Subfossil
Fo =
Fossil
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