Cochlicopa lubrica

Family

Cochliocopidae

Species

Cochlicopa lubrica (Muller, 1774)

Common name

Glossy pillar

Description

This glossy shellShell:
A hard, inflexible, calcareous or chitinous structure that vary in size and may either completely encasing the animal, covering some part of it or be internal.
ranges in length from 5.2-7 mm and is about 2.7 mm wide, with 5.5-6 whorlsWhorls:
Pleural of whorl. A whorl is a complete spiral turn/growth of the shell of a mollusc. The whorls are counted from the apex outwards.
. The shellShell:
A hard, inflexible, calcareous or chitinous structure that vary in size and may either completely encasing the animal, covering some part of it or be internal.
is off-white to brown in color and the body of the animal is dark blue-black. The tip of the lipLip:
The margin of the aperture, which may be sharp or thickened depending upon the species (Also see apertural lip).
of the shellShell:
A hard, inflexible, calcareous or chitinous structure that vary in size and may either completely encasing the animal, covering some part of it or be internal.
may have a purplish tinge.

Native range

Holarctic

Distribution

North America:

• U.S.: Alaska, California, Colorado, Iowa, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Kansas, Massachusetts, Maine, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, North Carolina, Nebraska, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Dakota, Tennessee, Utah, Virginia, Vermont, Washington, West Virginia, Wisconsin
• Canada: Alberta, British Columbia, New Brunswick, Ontario, Quebec, Newfoundland

Europe: Czech Republic, Netherlands, Poland, Slovakia, Great Britain, Ireland

Asia: Sri Lanka

Australasia: New Zealand

Ecology

The glossy snail inhabits forests, riverbanks and grassy areas in close proximity to human dwellings.

Synonyms

• Cionella columna Clessin, 1875
• Bulimus nitidissimus Krynicki, 1833
• Cionella lubrica
• Helix lubrica Muller, 1774

References

Anderson 2005; Georgiev 2008; Kantor et al. 2009; Kerney et al. 1979; Naggs et al. 2003; Perez and Cordeiro 2008; Quick 1954