Rock snail

The rock snail, scientific name Codringtonia codringtonii, is a species of air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Helicidae, the typical snails.[1][3][4]

Rock snail
Codringtonia codringtonii shell
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Phylum:
Class:
(unranked):
clade Heterobranchia
clade Euthyneura
clade Panpulmonata
clade Eupulmonata
clade Stylommatophora
informal group Sigmurethra
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Subgenus:
Codringtonia
Species:
C. codringtonii
Binomial name
Codringtonia codringtonii
(Gray, 1834)[2]
Synonyms

Helix codringtonii Gray, 1834
Codringtonia codringtonia (Gray, 1834) [orth error]

Geographic distribution

C. codringtonii is endemic to Greece, where it occurs in the south-western part of the Peloponnese.[1][3][4]

References

  1. Triantis, K.; Vardinoyannis, K. (2011). "Codringtonia codringtonii". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2011: e.T5056A11111256. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2011-1.RLTS.T5056A11111256.en. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
  2. Gray, J. E. (1834). [Various undescribed shells]. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 2: 57-68. page 67.
  3. "Taxon Details: Codringtonia (Codringtonia) codringtonii (Gray 1834)". Fauna Europaea. Archived from the original on August 19, 2014. Retrieved 21 August 2014.
  4. Welter Schultes, F. "Species summary for Codringtonia codringtonii ". AnimalBase. SUB Göttingen. Retrieved 21 August 2014.


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