---
title: "Glossy Pillar"
description: "Cochlicopa lubrica — Other animals. Cochlicopa lubrica is a species of small air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Cochlicopidae."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/animal/glossy-pillar
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Glossy Pillar

> Cochlicopa lubrica — Other animals. Cochlicopa lubrica is a species of small air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Cochlicopidae.

- Scientific name: *Cochlicopa lubrica*
- Category: `other` (Other animals)
- Habitats: unknown
- iNaturalist observations: 5920
- Wikidata: [Q1058315](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1058315)
- iNaturalist taxon: [217274](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/217274)

## Names

- en: Glossy Pillar
- de: Gemeine Achatschnecke
- es: Caracolito lustroso
- fr: Brillante commune

## Countries with the most observations

US (998), FR (256), NZ (203), CA (156), RU (148), DE (85), GB (78), PL (64), CN (50), PT (46), NL (42), AU (40)

## Summary

Cochlicopa lubrica is a species of small air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Cochlicopidae.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cochlicopa_lubrica

## Photo

![Glossy Pillar](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/glossy-pillar/medium.jpg)

Photo: John Fones · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/6498542

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/glossy-pillar?lang=en` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).