Reexamination of Hilliella warburgii (O. E. Schulz)Y. H. Zhang et H. W. Li and Cochleariella zhejiangensis Y. H. Zhang et R. Vogt indicates that these two species are distinct, especially in fruit, which is hairy in the latter. Thus, we consider that they should be kept separate. C. zhejiangensis is the type of the genus Cochleariella (monotipic).