Dryocochlias metaformis

Dryocochlias metaformis is a species of medium-sized, air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Camaenidae.[1] [2]

Dryocochlias metaformis
Shells of Dryocochlias metaformis on display 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:
Camaenidae
Subfamily:
Helicostylinae
Genus:
Dryocochlias
Species:
D. metaformis
Binomial name
Dryocochlias metaformis
(Ferussac, 1821)
Synonyms
  • Cochlostyla (Dryocochlias) metaformis (Férussac, 1821) (superseded combination)
  • Cochlostyla (Dryocochlias) metaformis ovularis (Menke, 1828) (junior synonym)
  • Cochlostyla hydrophana (G. B. Sowerby I, 1841) (superseded combination)
  • Cochlostyla metaformis (Férussac, 1821) (superseded combination)
  • Cochlostyla ovularis (Menke, 1828) (junior synonym)
  • Helicostyla (Coracia) metaformis (Férussac, 1821) (misspelling of original name, Corasia, Albers, 1850)
  • Helicostyla metaformis (Férussac, 1821) (superseded combination)
  • Helix (Cochlogena) hydrophana G. B. Sowerby I, 1841 (original combination)
  • Helix hydrophana G. B. Sowerby I, 1841· accepted, alternate representation
  • Helix metaformis Férussac, 1821 (original combination)
  • Helix ovularis Menke, 1828 (junior synonym)

This species can be found in the Philippines. Shells can reach a length of about 55 millimetres (2.2 in).[3]

References
  1. Biolib
  2. MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Dryocochlias metaformis (Férussac, 1821). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1456933 on 2021-02-03
  3. WMSDB


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