''Cochlostoma'' is a
genus
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of
land snail
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s with an
operculum,
terrestrial
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gastropod
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mollusk
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s in the family
Cochlostomatidae
Cochlostomatinae are a family of small land snails which have operculums and gills. These are terrestrial gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Cyclophoroidea.Bouchet, P. (2015). Cochlostomatidae Kobelt, 1902. Accessed through: World Register of ...
.
[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 the sexes of the same animal and/or plant species exhibit different morphological characteristics, particularly characteristics not directly involved in reproduction. The condition occurs in most ani ...
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'' Feher, 2004
* ''
Cochlostoma georgi'' (A.J. Wagner, 1906)
* ''
Cochlostoma hellenicum'' (Saint-Simon, 1869)
* ''
Cochlostoma hoyeri'' (Polinski, 1922)
* ''
Cochlostoma paladilhianum'' (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 p ...
'' Schütt, 1981
* ''
Cochlostoma pinteri'' Feher, 2004
* ''
Cochlostoma roseoli'' (A.J. Wagner, 1901)
* ''
Cochlostoma tessellatum'' (Rossmässler, 1837)
* ''
Cochlostoma westerlundi'' (Paulucci, 1879)
subgenus ''Cochlostoma''
* ''
Cochlostoma septemspirale'' (Razoumowsky, 1789)
subgenus ''Turritus''
* ''
Cochlostoma acutum'' (Caziot, 1908)
* ''
Cochlostoma adamii'' (Paulucci, 1879)
* ''
Cochlostoma affine'' (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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