Chilostoma

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Chilostoma
Chilostoma cingulatum baldense shell
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Order: Stylommatophora
Family: Helicidae
Genus: Chilostoma
Fitzinger, 1833[1]
Type species
Glischrus foetens S. Studer, 1820
Synonyms
  • Chilostoma (Achatica) Groenenberg, Subai & Gittenberger, 2016· accepted, alternate representation
  • Chilostoma (Chilostoma) Fitzinger, 1833· accepted, alternate representation
  • Chilostoma (Cingulifera) Held, 1838· accepted, alternate representation
  • Cingulifera Held, 1838 (original rank)
  • Helicigona (Chilostoma) Fitzinger, 1833

Chilostoma is a genus of medium-sized, air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Helicidae, the true snails.[2]

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