Calocochlea pan is a species of large air-breathing land snail, a pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Camaenidae.[1]

Calocochlea pan
Five views of a shell of Calocochlea pan
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Phylum:
Class:
(unranked):
clade Heterobranchia

clade Euthyneura
clade Panpulmonata
clade Eupulmonata
clade Stylommatophora

informal group Sigmurethra
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Family:
Genus:
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C. pan
Binomial name
Calocochlea pan
Broderip, 1841
Synonyms
  • Calocochlia pan (Broderip, 1841) (unaccepted genus)
  • Cochlostyla (Callicochlias) pan (Broderip, 1841) (superseded combination)
  • Cochlostyla (Calocochlea) pan (Broderip, 1841) (superseded combination)
  • Cochlostyla pan (Broderip, 1841) (superseded combination)
  • Helix pan Broderip, 1841 (original combination)

This species is very common in the Philippines. The shell is between 41 and 47 millimeters long with brown spiral bands and a cream-colored background.[2]

References edit

  1. ^ MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Calocochlea pan (Broderip, 1841). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1442808 on 2021-02-07
  2. ^ 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. pp.171. ISBN 0915826232

External links edit

Broderip, W. J. (1841). Descriptions of shells collected by H. Cuming, Esq., in the Philippine Islands. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. 9: 22-23, 34-35, 36-38, 44-46