Calocochlea pulcherrima is a species of large air-breathing land snail, a pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Camaenidae.MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Calocochlea pulcherrima (G. B. Sowerby I, 1841). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1442812 on 2021-02-07
This species is very common in the Philippines. The shell is between 31 and 46 millimeters long with brown spiral bands and a cream-colored background.
References
Pfeiffer, L. (1842). Descriptions of new species of shells belonging to the genera Helix and Bulimus, collected by H. Cuming, Esq, in the Philippine Islands. Proceedings of the zoological Society of London. 10 (113): 84–89. London 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.
External links
Sowerby, G. B., I. (1841). Descriptions of new species of the family Helicidae, collected by Mr. H. Cuming in the Philippine Islands. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. 8: 87-91, 96-104, 116-118 Reeve L.A. (1841-1842). Conchologia Systematica, or complete system of conchology; in which the Lepades and conchiferous Mollusca are described and classified according to their natural organization and habits. Longman, Brown, Green, & Longman's, London. Vol. 1: 1-195, pls 1-129; Vol. 2: 1-338, pls 130-300 Richardson, L. (1983). Bradybaenidae: Catalog of species. Tryonia. 9: 1-253 Quadras, J. F. & Möllendorf, O. F. von. (1893). Diagnoses specierum novarum ex parte septentrionali insulae Luzon. Nachrichtsblatt der Deutschen Malakozoologischen Gesellschaft. 25(11-12): 169 - 184 Biolib Zipcodezoo Discover Life