Cochlostomatinae are a family of small

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s which have opercula and

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s. These are

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s in the superfamily

Cyclophoroidea Cyclophoroidea is a superfamily of land snails with an operculum, terrestrial gastropods within the order Architaenioglossa, that belongs to the subclass Caenogastropoda.Bouchet, P.; Rosenberg, G.; Gofas, S. (2015). Cyclophoroidea Gray, 1847. ...

.Bouchet, P. (2015). Cochlostomatidae Kobelt, 1902. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=833796 on 2015-02-16

Distribution

These snails live in the limestone mountains of southern

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and

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Genera

Genera in the family Cochlostomatidae include: * '' Apolloniana'' Brandt, 1958 * ''

Cochlostoma ''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 ...

'' Jan 1830 * † '' Electrea'' Klebs, 1886 * ''

Obscurella ''Obscurella'' is a genus of land snails with an operculum, terrestrial gastropod mollusks in the family Cochlostomatidae.MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Obscurella Clessin, 1889. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: ...

'' Clessin, 1889 * † '' Proelektrea'' Hrubesch, 1965 * ''Rara'' A. J. Wagner, 1897 * '' Rhabdotakra'' A. J. Wagner, 1897 * ''

Striolata ''Striolata'' is a monotypic genus of gastropods belonging to the family Cochlostomatidae. The only species is '' Striolata striolata''.MolluscaBase eds. (2022). MolluscaBase. Striolata A. J. Wagner, 1897. Accessed through: World Register of Mari ...

'' A. J. Wagner, 1897 ; Genera brought into synonymy: * ''Apricana'' Caziot, 1908: synonym of ''Obscurella'' Clessin, 1889 * ''Auritus'' Westerlund, 1883: synonym of ''Cochlostoma (Auritus)'' Westerlund, 1883 represented as ''Cochlostoma'' Jan, 1830 * ''Crassilabriana'' Fagot, 1891: synonym of ''Obscurella'' Clessin, 1889 * ''Elektrea'' ic†: synonym of ''Electrea'' Klebs, 1886 † (incorrect subsequent spelling) * ''Hartmannia'' Newton, 1891: synonym of ''Cochlostoma (Turritus)'' Westerlund, 1883 represented as ''Cochlostoma'' Jan, 1830 * ''Hidalgoiana'' Fagot, 1891: synonym of ''Obscurella'' Clessin, 1889 * ''Holcopoma'' Kobelt & Möllendorff, 1899: synonym of ''Cochlostoma (Auritus)'' Westerlund, 1883 represented as ''Cochlostoma'' Jan, 1830 * ''Imerezia'' Zallot, Groenenberg, De Mattia, Fehér & E. Gittenberger, 2015: synonym of ''Rara'' A. J. Wagner, 1897 * ''Neglectiana'' Fagot, 1891: synonym of ''Obscurella'' Clessin, 1889 * ''Nouletiana'' Fagot, 1891: synonym of ''Obscurella'' Clessin, 1889 * ''Obscuriana'' Fagot, 1891: synonym of ''Obscurella'' Clessin, 1889 * ''Partiotiana'' Fagot, 1891: synonym of ''Obscurella'' Clessin, 1889 * ''Patuliana'' Caziot, 1908: synonym of ''Cochlostoma (Turritus)'' Westerlund, 1883 represented as ''Cochlostoma'' Jan, 1830 * ''Personatus'' Westerlund, 1883: synonym of Cochlostoma (Auritus) Westerlund, 1883 represented as Cochlostoma Jan, 1830 * ''Pleuropoma'' A. J. Wagner, 1897: synonym of ''Cochlostoma (Auritus)'' Westerlund, 1883 represented as ''Cochlostoma'' Jan, 1830 * ''Pleuropomatia'' Tomlin, 1929: synonym of ''Cochlostoma (Auritus)'' Westerlund, 1883 represented as ''Cochlostoma'' Jan, 1830 * ''Stereopoma'' A. J. Wagner, 1897: synonym of ''Cochlostoma (Turritus)'' Westerlund, 1883 represented as ''Cochlostoma'' Jan, 1830 (junior synonym) * ''Striolatiana'' Caziot, 1908: synonym of ''Striolata'' A. J. Wagner, 1897 * ''Strobelia'' Clessin, 1889: synonym of ''Cochlostoma (Eupomatias)'' A. J. Wagner, 1897 represented as ''Cochlostoma'' Jan, 1830 (Invalid: junior homonym of ''Strobelia'' Rondani, 1868 iptera Eupomatias has the same type species) * ''Toffolettia'' Giusti, 1971: synonym of ''Striolata'' A. J. Wagner, 1897 (junior synonym) * ''Wagneriola'' ''Zallot, Groenenberg, De Mattia, Fehér & E. Gittenberger, 2015'': synonym of ''Cochlostoma (Scalarina)'' A. J. Wagner, 1897 represented as ''Cochlostoma'' Jan, 1830 (objective junior homonym)

References

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