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

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]

Geographic distribution

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

References

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  1. ^ a b c 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. ^ 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
  4. ^ 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
  5. ^ a b "Taxon Details: Codringtonia (Codringtonia) codringtonii (Gray 1834)". Fauna Europaea. Archived from the original on 19 August 2014. Retrieved 21 August 2014.
  6. ^ a b Welter Schultes, F. "Species summary for Codringtonia codringtonii ". AnimalBase. SUB Göttingen. Retrieved 21 August 2014.
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