''Cochlostoma'' is a

genus Genus (; : genera ) is a taxonomic rank above species and below family (taxonomy), family as used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In bino ...

land snail A land snail is any of the numerous species of snail that live on land, as opposed to the sea snails and freshwater snails. ''Land snail'' is the common name for terrestrial molluscs, terrestrial gastropod mollusks that have gastropod shell, shel ...

s with an operculum,

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gastropod Gastropods (), commonly known as slugs and snails, belong to a large Taxonomy (biology), taxonomic class of invertebrates within the phylum Mollusca called Gastropoda (). This class comprises snails and slugs from saltwater, freshwater, and fro ...

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s in the family

Cochlostomatidae Cochlostomatinae are a family of small land snails which have Operculum (gastropod), opercula and gills. These are Terrestrial molluscs, terrestrial gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Cyclophoroidea.Bouchet, P. (2015). Cochlostomatidae Kobelt, ...

. MolluscaBase eds. (2020). MolluscaBase. Cochlostoma Jan, 1830. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=934001 on 2020-08-25

Distribution

Calcareous terrains of South Europe and North Africa.

Description and Anatomy

Mantle caves serve as pulmones. Operculum corneous and multispiral. Penis is oriented above the right tentacle.

Sexual dimorphism Sexual dimorphism is the condition where sexes of the same species exhibit different Morphology (biology), morphological characteristics, including characteristics not directly involved in reproduction. The condition occurs in most dioecy, di ...

is often recognisable in external morphology.

Ecology

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

Species

The genus ''Cochlostoma'' contains at least 140 species and subspecies, including: subgenus ''Auritus'' * '' Cochlostoma achaicum'' (O. Boettger, 1885) * '' Cochlostoma alleryanum'' (Paulucci, 1879) * '' Cochlostoma auritum'' (Rossmässler, 1837) * ''

Cochlostoma fuchsi ''Cochlostoma'' is a genus of land snails with an operculum, terrestrial gastropod mollusks in the family Cochlostomatidae. MolluscaBase eds. (2020). MolluscaBase. Cochlostoma Jan, 1830. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: h ...

'' Feher, 2004 * '' Cochlostoma georgi'' (A.J. Wagner, 1906) * '' Cochlostoma hellenicum'' (Saint-Simon, 1869) * '' Cochlostoma hoyeri'' (Polinski, 1922) * ''

Cochlostoma paladilhianum ''Cochlostoma'' is a genus of land snails with an operculum, terrestrial gastropod mollusks in the family Cochlostomatidae. MolluscaBase eds. (2020). MolluscaBase. Cochlostoma Jan, 1830. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: h ...

'' (Saint-Simon, 1869) * ''

Cochlostoma parnonis ''Cochlostoma parnonis'' is a species of small land snail with an operculum, a terrestrial gastropod mollusc in the family Cochlostomatidae. Geographic distribution ''C. parnonis'' is endemic to Greece, where it occurs in the south-eastern ...

'' Schütt, 1981 * ''

Cochlostoma pinteri ''Cochlostoma'' is a genus of land snails with an operculum, terrestrial gastropod mollusks in the family Cochlostomatidae. MolluscaBase eds. (2020). MolluscaBase. Cochlostoma Jan, 1830. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: h ...

'' Feher, 2004 * ''

Cochlostoma roseoli ''Cochlostoma'' is a genus of land snails with an operculum, terrestrial gastropod mollusks in the family Cochlostomatidae. MolluscaBase eds. (2020). MolluscaBase. Cochlostoma Jan, 1830. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: h ...

'' (A.J. Wagner, 1901) * ''

Cochlostoma tessellatum ''Cochlostoma'' is a genus of land snails with an operculum, terrestrial gastropod mollusks in the family Cochlostomatidae. MolluscaBase eds. (2020). MolluscaBase. Cochlostoma Jan, 1830. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: h ...

'' (Rossmässler, 1837) * ''

Cochlostoma westerlundi ''Cochlostoma'' is a genus of land snails with an operculum, terrestrial gastropod mollusks in the family Cochlostomatidae. MolluscaBase eds. (2020). MolluscaBase. Cochlostoma Jan, 1830. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: h ...

'' (Paulucci, 1879) subgenus ''Cochlostoma'' * ''

Cochlostoma septemspirale ''Cochlostoma septemspirale'' is a species of a land snail with an operculum, a terrestrial gastropod mollusk in the family Cochlostomatidae. Distribution The distribution of ''Cochlostoma septemspirale'' is southern Europe from the Pyrenees ...

'' (Razoumowsky, 1789) subgenus ''Turritus'' * ''

Cochlostoma acutum ''Cochlostoma'' is a genus of land snails with an operculum, terrestrial gastropod mollusks in the family Cochlostomatidae. MolluscaBase eds. (2020). MolluscaBase. Cochlostoma Jan, 1830. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: h ...

'' (Caziot, 1908) * ''

Cochlostoma adamii ''Cochlostoma'' is a genus of land snails with an operculum, terrestrial gastropod mollusks in the family Cochlostomatidae. MolluscaBase eds. (2020). MolluscaBase. Cochlostoma Jan, 1830. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: h ...

'' (Paulucci, 1879) * ''

Cochlostoma affine ''Cochlostoma'' is a genus of land snails with an operculum, terrestrial gastropod mollusks in the family Cochlostomatidae. MolluscaBase eds. (2020). MolluscaBase. Cochlostoma Jan, 1830. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: h ...

'' (Benoit, 1882) * '' Cochlostoma braueri'' (A.J. Wagner, 1897) * '' Cochlostoma crosseanum'' (Paulucci, 1879) * '' Cochlostoma elegans'' (Clessin, 1879) * '' Cochlostoma euboicum'' (Westerlund, 1885) * '' Cochlostoma gracile'' (L. Pfeiffer, 1849) * '' Cochlostoma kleciaki'' (Braun, 1887) * '' Cochlostoma macei'' (Bourguignat, 1869) * '' Cochlostoma montanum'' (Issel, 1866) * '' Cochlostoma mostarensis'' (A.J. Wagner, 1906) * '' Cochlostoma nanum'' (Westerlund, 1879) * '' Cochlostoma pageti'' Klemm, 1962 * '' Cochlostoma patulum'' (Draparnaud, 1801) * '' Cochlostoma sardoum'' (Westerlund, 1890) * '' Cochlostoma simrothi'' (Caziot, 1908) * '' Cochlostoma stossichi'' (Hirc, 1881) * '' Cochlostoma sturanii'' (A.J. Wagner, 1897) subgenus ''Dalfreddia'' * '' Cochlostoma porroi'' (Strobel, 1850) * '' Cochlostoma subalpinum'' (Pini, 1884) subgenus ''Clessiniella'' *'' Cochlostoma anomphale'' Boeckel, 1939 *''Cochlostoma stelucarum'' Zallot et al., 2021 *'' Cochlostoma tergestinum'' (Westerlund, 1878) * '' Cochlostoma villae'' (Strobel, 1851) * '' Cochlostoma waldemari'' (A.J. Wagner, 1897) subgenus ''Eupomatias'' * '' Cochlostoma henricae'' (Strobel, 1851) * '' Cochlostoma philippianum'' (Gredler, 1853) subgenus ''Wagneriola'' * '' Cochlostoma scalarinum'' (A. & J.B. Villa, 1841) subgenus ''Lovcenia'' * '' Cochlostoma dalmatinum'' (L. Pfeiffer, 1863) * '' Cochlostoma erika'' (A.J. Wagner, 1906) * ''Cochlostoma jakschae Zallot, Fehér, Bamberger, Gittenberger, 2015'' * ''Cochlostoma lanatum'' ''Zallot, Fehér, Bamberger, Gittenberger, 2015'' * ''Cochlostoma tropojanum'' ''Zallot, Fehér, Bamberger, Gittenberger, 2015'' unknown subgenus *'' Cochlostoma cinerascens'' (Rossmässler, 1837) * '' Cochlostoma cretense'' (Maltzan, 1887)

Synonyms of Cochlostoma

* ''Auritus'' Westerlund, 1883 * ''Auritus (Auritus)'' Westerlund, 1883 * ''Auritus (Holcopoma)'' Kobelt & Möllendorff, 1899 * ''Auritus (Pleuropoma)'' A. J. Wagner, 1897 * ''Auritus (Titanopoma)'' A. J. Wagner, 1897 * ''Cochlostoma (Auritus)'' Westerlund, 1883· accepted, alternate representation * ''Cochlostoma (Cinerascens)'' A. J. Wagner, 1897· accepted, alternate representation * ''Cochlostoma (Clessiniella)'' Zallot, Groenenberg, De Mattia, Fehér & E. Gittenberger, 2015 (junior objective synonym) * ''Cochlostoma (Cochlostoma)'' Jan, 1830· accepted, alternate representation * ''Cochlostoma (Dalfreddia)'' Zallot, Groenenberg, De Mattia, Fehér & E. Gittenberger, 2015· accepted, alternate representation * ''Cochlostoma (Eupomatias)'' A. J. Wagner, 1897· accepted, alternate representation * ''Cochlostoma (Holcopoma)'' Kobelt & Möllendorff, 1899 * ''Cochlostoma (Lovcenia)'' Zallot, Groenenberg, De Mattia, Fehér & E. Gittenberger, 2015· accepted, alternate representation * ''Cochlostoma (Neglecta)'' A. J. Wagner, 1897· accepted, alternate representation * ''Cochlostoma (Scalarina)'' A. J. Wagner, 1897· accepted, alternate representation * ''Cochlostoma (Titanopoma)'' A. J. Wagner, 1897 (junior synonym) * ''Cochlostoma (Turritus)'' Westerlund, 1883· accepted, alternate representation * ''Cyclostoma (Cochlostoma)'' Jan, 1830 (original rank) * ''Diversicolor'' A. J. Wagner, 1905 (a junior synonym) * ''Hartmannia'' Newton, 1891 * ''Holcopoma'' Kobelt & Möllendorff, 1899 * ''Patuliana'' Caziot, 1908 * ''Personatus'' Westerlund, 1883 * ''Pleuropoma'' A. J. Wagner, 1897 * ''Pleuropomatia'' Tomlin, 1929 * ''Pomatias (Atlantica)'' A. J. Wagner, 1897 (invalid: junior homonym of Atlantica Ancey, 1887) * ''Pomatias (Auritus)'' Westerlund, 1883 * ''Pomatias (Cinerascens)'' A. J. Wagner, 1897 * ''Pomatias (Cisalpina)'' A. J. Wagner, 1897 * ''Pomatias (Difficilis)'' A. J. Wagner, 1897 (invalid:junior objective synonym of Hartmannia) * ''Pomatias (Eupomatias)'' A. J. Wagner, 1897 * ''Pomatias (Maculatus)'' Westerlund, 1883 * ''Pomatias (Nana)'' A. J. Wagner, 1897 (invalid: junior homonym of Nana Schumacher, 1817) * ''Pomatias (Neglecta)'' A. J. Wagner, 1897 * ''Pomatias (Personatus)'' Westerlund, 1883 * ''Pomatias (Philippiana)'' A. J. Wagner, 1897 * ''Pomatias (Pleuropoma)'' A. J. Wagner, 1897 ( invalid: junior homonym of Pleuropoma Möllendorff, 1893; * * Holcopoma and Pleuropomatia are replacement names) * ''Pomatias (Pomatiella)'' Clessin, 1889 * ''Pomatias (Sardoa)'' A. J. Wagner, 1897 * ''Pomatias (Scalarina)'' A. J. Wagner, 1897 * ''Pomatias (Septemspiraliana)'' Caziot, 1910 * ''Pomatias (Septemspiralis)'' A. J. Wagner, 1897 * ''Pomatias (Strobelia)'' Clessin, 1889 (invalid: junior homonym of Strobelia Rondani, 1868 iptera * ''Pomatias (Tesselata)'' A. J. Wagner, 1897 * ''Pomatias (Titanopoma)'' A. J. Wagner, 1897 (junior objective synonym of Auritus) * ''Pomatias (Turritus)'' Westerlund, 1883 * ''Stereopoma'' A. J. Wagner, 1897 (junior synonym)

References

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External links

an, G. (1830). Scientia naturalis cultoribus. Conspectus methodicus Testaceorum in collectione mea exstantium anno 1830. 8 pp. Parma
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