Cochlostyla smaragdina is a species of small, air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks, in the family Camaenidae endemic to the Philippines.MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Cochlostyla smaragdina (Reeve, 1842). Accessed through World Register of Marine Species on 04 December 2021. The specific name "smaragdina" comes from "smaragdus," Perseus Digital Library Latin Dictionary Accessed 10 December 2018 Latin for "emerald," and refers to the brilliant green of mature specimens. This name is commonly misspelled as "smargadina," an error which has propagated through multiple databases.
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