Cochlostoma

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Cochlostoma
Cochlostoma nouleti
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Architaenioglossa
Family: Cochlostomatidae
Genus: Cochlostoma
Jan, 1830[1]
Type species
Cyclostoma maculatum
Draparnaud, 1805

Cochlostoma is a genus of land snails with an operculum, terrestrial gastropod mollusks in the family Cochlostomatidae.[2]

Calcareous terrains of South Europe and North Africa.[3]

Description and Anatomy

Mantle caves serve as pulmones. Operculum corneous and multispiral. Penis is oriented above the right tentacle. Sexual dimorphism is often recognisable in external morphology.[3]

Ecology

All species are confined to limestone habitats, feeding on dead plants and microflora.[3] Females lays large eggs, hatching after three to six weeks.[3]

Species

The genus Cochlostoma contains at least 140 species and subspecies, including:[4][5][6]

subgenus Auritus

subgenus Cochlostoma

subgenus Turritus

subgenus Dalfreddia

subgenus Clessiniella

subgenus Eupomatias

subgenus Wagneriola

subgenus Lovcenia

unknown subgenus

Synonyms of Cochlostoma

References

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