Biology:Calocochlia pulcherrima

Calocochlia pulcherrima
Shell of Calocochlia pulcherrima from Philippines at the Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Milano
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
(unranked):	clade Heterobranchia clade Euthyneura clade Panpulmonata clade Eupulmonata clade Stylommatophora informal group Sigmurethra
Superfamily:	Helicoidea
Family:	Bradybaenidae
Genus:	Calocochlia
Species:	C. pulcherrima
Binomial name
Calocochlia pulcherrima Sowerby, 1841 Calocochlea pulcherrima (Sowerby, 1841)

Calocochlia pulcherrima is a species of large air-breathing land snail, a pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Bradybaenidae. 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.

References

• ABBOTT, R.T., 1989: Compendium of landshells: a colour guide to more than 2,000 of the World’s Terrestrial Shells. American Malacologists Inc., Burlington, USA.
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Wikidata ☰ Q16850886 entry