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title: "Small Pointed Snail"
description: "Cochlicella barbara — Weitere Tiere. Cochlicella barbara, now known as Prietocella barbara, is a species of small but high-spired, air-breathing land snail, a pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Geomitridae."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/de/animal/small-pointed-snail
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Small Pointed Snail

> Cochlicella barbara — Weitere Tiere. Cochlicella barbara, now known as Prietocella barbara, is a species of small but high-spired, air-breathing land snail, a pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Geomitridae.

- Scientific name: *Cochlicella barbara*
- Category: `other` (Weitere Tiere)
- Habitats: unknown
- iNaturalist observations: 5784
- Wikidata: [Q3076593](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3076593)
- iNaturalist taxon: [217273](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/217273)

## Names

- en: Small Pointed Snail
- fr: Cornet méditerranéen
- nl: Bolle duinhoren

## Countries with the most observations

AU (1354), ES (669), PT (595), FR (552), ZA (366), NZ (310), IT (225), US (217), IL (92), GR (91), TR (35), DZ (31)

## Summary

Cochlicella barbara, now known as Prietocella barbara, is a species of small but high-spired, air-breathing land snail, a pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Geomitridae.

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

## Photo

![Small Pointed Snail](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/small-pointed-snail/medium.jpg)

Photo: Athan · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/258756020

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/small-pointed-snail?lang=de` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).