''Cochlostoma'' is a genus of

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 gastropod mollusks that have shells (those without shells are known as ...

s with an operculum, terrestrial

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mollusks 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 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 ''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: ...

'' (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 ''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: ...

'' (A.J. Wagner, 1906) * ''

Cochlostoma hellenicum ''Cochlostoma hellenicum'' is a species of small land snail with an operculum, a terrestrial gastropod mollusc in the family Cochlostomatidae. Taxonomy Fauna Europaea recognises two subspecies In biological classification, subspecies ...

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

Cochlostoma hoyeri ''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 ...

'' (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 p ...

'' 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 Pyrenee ...

'' (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 ''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: ...

'' (A.J. Wagner, 1897) * '' Cochlostoma crosseanum'' (Paulucci, 1879) * ''

Cochlostoma elegans ''Cochlostoma elegans'' is a land snail species in the genus ''Cochlostoma''. It is found on the island of Pag Pag (pronounced ; la, Pagus, it, Pago, german: Baag) is a Croatian island in the northern Adriatic Sea. It is the fifth-largest is ...

'' (Clessin, 1879) * '' Cochlostoma euboicum'' (Westerlund, 1885) * ''

Cochlostoma gracile ''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 ...

'' (L. Pfeiffer, 1849) * '' Cochlostoma kleciaki'' (Braun, 1887) * ''

Cochlostoma macei ''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: ...

'' (Bourguignat, 1869) * '' Cochlostoma montanum'' (Issel, 1866) * '' Cochlostoma mostarensis'' (A.J. Wagner, 1906) * ''

Cochlostoma nanum ''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: ...

'' (Westerlund, 1879) * ''

Cochlostoma pageti ''Cochlostoma pageti'' is a species of small land snail with an operculum, a terrestrial gastropod mollusc in the family Cochlostomatidae Cochlostomatinae are a family of small land snails which have operculums and gills. These are terres ...

'' Klemm, 1962 * ''

Cochlostoma patulum ''Cochlostoma'' is a genus of land snails with an Operculum (gastropod), operculum, Terrestrial molluscs, terrestrial gastropod mollusks in the family Cochlostomatidae. MolluscaBase eds. (2020). MolluscaBase. Cochlostoma Jan, 1830. Accessed thro ...

'' (Draparnaud, 1801) * '' Cochlostoma sardoum'' (Westerlund, 1890) * '' Cochlostoma simrothi'' (Caziot, 1908) * '' Cochlostoma stossichi'' (Hirc, 1881) * '' Cochlostoma sturanii'' (A.J. Wagner, 1897) subgenus ''Dalfreddia'' * ''

Cochlostoma porroi ''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 ...

'' (Strobel, 1850) * '' Cochlostoma subalpinum'' (Pini, 1884) subgenus ''Clessiniella'' *'' Cochlostoma anomphale'' Boeckel, 1939 *''Cochlostoma stelucarum'' Zallot et al., 2021 *'' Cochlostoma tergestinum'' (Westerlund, 1878) * ''

Cochlostoma villae ''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: ...

'' (Strobel, 1851) * '' Cochlostoma waldemari'' (A.J. Wagner, 1897) subgenus ''Eupomatias'' * ''

Cochlostoma henricae ''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: ...

'' (Strobel, 1851) * '' Cochlostoma philippianum'' (Gredler, 1853) subgenus ''Wagneriola'' * '' Cochlostoma scalarinum'' (A. & J.B. Villa, 1841) subgenus ''Lovcenia'' * ''

Cochlostoma dalmatinum ''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: ...

'' (L. Pfeiffer, 1863) * ''

Cochlostoma erika ''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: ...

'' (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 ''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: ...

'' (Rossmässler, 1837) * ''

Cochlostoma cretense ''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 ...

'' (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

This article incorporates public domain text from reference"Genus summary for ''Cochlostoma''"
AnimalBase, last modified 4 July 2012, accessed 29 August 2014.

External links

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