Rock snail

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][5][6]

Rock snail
Codringtonia codringtonii in the wild in Greece
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Heterobranchia
Order: Stylommatophora
Family: Helicidae
Genus: Codringtonia
Species:
C. codringtonii
Binomial name
Codringtonia codringtonii
(Gray, 1834)[2]
Synonyms[3]
  • Codringtonia (Codringtonia) codringtonii (Gray, 1834)
  • Codringtonia (Codringtonia) gittenbergeri Subai, 2005
  • Codringtonia gittenbergeri Subai, 2005
  • Helix codringtonii J. E. Gray, 1834[4]
  • Helix avariensis L. Pfeiffer, 1848

Geographic distribution

C. codringtonii is endemic to Greece, where it occurs in the south-western part of the Peloponnese.[1][5][6]

References
  1. Triantis, K.; Vardinoyannis, K. (2011). "Codringtonia codringtonii". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2011: e.T5056A11111256. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2011-1.RLTS.T5056A11111256.en. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
  2. Gray, J. E. (1834). [Various undescribed shells]. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 2: 57–68. page 67.
  3. MolluscaBase eds. (2024). MolluscaBase. Codringtonia codringtonii (J. E. Gray, 1834). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1050073 on 20 June 2024
  4. Gray, J. E. (1834). [Exhibition of an extensive series of land and freshwater shells regarded as hitherto undescribed]. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. (1834) 2: 63–68., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12859659 page(s): 67
  5. "Taxon Details: Codringtonia (Codringtonia) codringtonii (Gray 1834)". Fauna Europaea. Archived from the original on 19 August 2014. Retrieved 21 August 2014.
  6. Welter Schultes, F. "Species summary for Codringtonia codringtonii ". AnimalBase. SUB Göttingen. Retrieved 21 August 2014.


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