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 2005Anderson 2005:
Anderson, R. 2005. An annotated list of the non-marine Mollusca of Britain and Ireland. Journal of Conchology 38: 607-637.; Georgiev 2008Georgiev 2008:
Georgiev, D.G. 2008. Habitat distribution of the land snails in one village area of the upper Thracian Valley (Bulgaria). Proceedings of the Anniversary Scientific Conference of Ecology. pp. 147-151.; Kantor et al. 2009Kantor et al. 2009:
Kantor, Y.I., M.V. Vinarski, A.A. Schileyko and A.V. Sysoev. 2009. Catalogue of the continental mollusks of Russia and adjacent territories. Version 2.1. (Accessed online July 20, 2010); Kerney et al. 1979Kerney et al. 1979:
Kerney, M.P., R.A.D. Cameron and G. Riley. 1979. A field guide to the land snails of Britain and North-west Europe. Collins, London. pp. 288.; Naggs et al. 2003Naggs et al. 2003:
Naggs, F., D.C. Raheem, P.B. Mordan, B. Grimm, K.B. Ranawana and N.P.S. Kumburegama. 2003. Ancient relicts and contemporary exotics: faunal change and survivorship in Sri Lanka’s snail fauna. Slug and Snails: Agricultural, Veterinary and Environmental Perspectives. BCPC Symposium Proceedings 80: 103-108.; Perez and Cordeiro 2008; Quick 1954Quick 1954:
Quick, H.E. 1954. Cochlicopa in the British Isles. Journal of Molluscan Studies 30: 204-213.