Dryocochlias metaformis

Dryocochlias metaformis
Shells of Dryocochlias metaformis on display at the Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Milano
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Order:	Stylommatophora
Family:	Camaenidae
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Cochlostyla (Dryocochlias) metaformis (Férussac, 1821) (superseded combination) Cochlostyla (Dryocochlias) metaformis ovularis (Menke, 1828) (junior synonym) Cochlostyla hydrophana (G. B. Sowerby I, 1841) (superseded combination) Cochlostyla metaformis (Férussac, 1821) (superseded combination) Cochlostyla ovularis (Menke, 1828) (junior synonym) Helicostyla (Coracia) metaformis (Férussac, 1821) (misspelling of original name, Corasia, Albers, 1850) Helicostyla metaformis (Férussac, 1821) (superseded combination) Helix (Cochlogena) hydrophana G. B. Sowerby I, 1841 (original combination) Helix hydrophana G. B. Sowerby I, 1841· accepted, alternate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 mollusc in the family Camaenidae.

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

External links

• Férussac, A.E.J.P.F. d'Audebard de. (1821-1822). Tableaux systématiques des animaux mollusques classés en familles naturelles, dans lesquels on a établi la concordance de tous les systèmes; suivis d'un Prodrome général pour tous les mollusques ou fluviatiles, vivantes ou fossiles. Paris, 1821 et 1822.
• 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