Dryocochlias metaformis

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	Cochlostyla (Dryocochlias) metaformis (Férussac, 1821) (superseded combination); Cochlostyla (Dryocochlias) metaformis ovularis (Menke, 1828) (junior synonym); Cochlostyla hydrophana (G. B. Sowerby I, 1841) (superseded combination); Cochlostyla metaformis (Férussac, 1821) (superseded combination); Cochlostyla ovularis (Menke, 1828) (junior synonym); Helicostyla (Coracia) metaformis (Férussac, 1821) (misspelling of original name, Corasia, Albers, 1850); Helicostyla metaformis (Férussac, 1821) (superseded combination); Helix (Cochlogena) hydrophana G. B. Sowerby I, 1841 (original combination); Helix hydrophana G. B. Sowerby I, 1841· accepted, alternate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);

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

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

References[edit]

^ Biolib
^ 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
^ WMSDB

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