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Rock snail
Codringtonia codringtonii shell
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:
Helicidae
Genus:
Codringtonia
Subgenus:
Codringtonia
Species:
C. codringtonii
Binomial name
Codringtonia codringtonii
(Gray, 1834)[2]
Synonyms

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

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]

Geographic distribution

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

References

  1. ^ a b c Template:IUCN
  2. ^ Gray, J. E. (1834). [Various undescribed shells]. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 2: 57-68. page 67.
  3. ^ a b "Taxon Details: Codringtonia (Codringtonia) codringtonii (Gray 1834)". Fauna Europaea. Retrieved 21 August 2014.
  4. ^ a b Welter Schultes, F. "Species summary for Codringtonia codringtonii ". AnimalBase. SUB Göttingen. Retrieved 21 August 2014.


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