Cochlostoma


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

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 AuritusCochlostoma achaicum Cochlostoma alleryanum Cochlostoma auritum Cochlostoma fuchsi Feher, 2004Cochlostoma georgi Cochlostoma hellenicum Cochlostoma hoyeri Cochlostoma paladilhianum Cochlostoma parnonis Schütt, 1981Cochlostoma pinteri Feher, 2004Cochlostoma roseoli Cochlostoma tessellatum Cochlostoma westerlundi
subgenus CochlostomaCochlostoma septemspirale
subgenus TurritusCochlostoma acutum Cochlostoma adamii Cochlostoma affine Cochlostoma braueri Cochlostoma crosseanum Cochlostoma elegans Cochlostoma euboicum Cochlostoma gracile Cochlostoma kleciaki Cochlostoma macei Cochlostoma montanum Cochlostoma mostarensis Cochlostoma nanum Cochlostoma pageti Klemm, 1962Cochlostoma patulum Cochlostoma sardoum Cochlostoma simrothi Cochlostoma stossichi Cochlostoma sturanii
subgenus DalfreddiaCochlostoma porroi Cochlostoma subalpinum
subgenus Clessiniella
  • Cochlostoma anomphale Boeckel, 1939
  • Cochlostoma stelucarum Zallot et al., 2021
  • Cochlostoma tergestinum Cochlostoma villae Cochlostoma waldemari
subgenus EupomatiasCochlostoma henricae Cochlostoma philippianum
subgenus WagneriolaCochlostoma scalarinum
subgenus LovceniaCochlostoma dalmatinum Cochlostoma erika Cochlostoma jakschae Zallot, Fehér, Bamberger, Gittenberger, 2015Cochlostoma lanatum ''Zallot, Fehér, Bamberger, Gittenberger, 2015Cochlostoma tropojanum Zallot, Fehér, Bamberger, Gittenberger, 2015
unknown subgenus
  • Cochlostoma cinerascens Cochlostoma cretense''

Synonyms of Cochlostoma

Auritus Westerlund, 1883Auritus Westerlund, 1883Auritus Kobelt & Möllendorff, 1899Auritus A. J. Wagner, 1897Auritus A. J. Wagner, 1897Cochlostoma Westerlund, 1883· accepted, alternate representationCochlostoma A. J. Wagner, 1897· accepted, alternate representationCochlostoma Zallot, Groenenberg, De Mattia, Fehér & E. Gittenberger, 2015 Cochlostoma Jan, 1830· accepted, alternate representationCochlostoma Zallot, Groenenberg, De Mattia, Fehér & E. Gittenberger, 2015· accepted, alternate representationCochlostoma A. J. Wagner, 1897· accepted, alternate representationCochlostoma Kobelt & Möllendorff, 1899Cochlostoma Zallot, Groenenberg, De Mattia, Fehér & E. Gittenberger, 2015· accepted, alternate representationCochlostoma A. J. Wagner, 1897· accepted, alternate representationCochlostoma A. J. Wagner, 1897· accepted, alternate representationCochlostoma A. J. Wagner, 1897 Cochlostoma Westerlund, 1883· accepted, alternate representationCyclostoma Jan, 1830 Diversicolor A. J. Wagner, 1905 Hartmannia Newton, 1891Holcopoma Kobelt & Möllendorff, 1899Patuliana Caziot, 1908Personatus Westerlund, 1883Pleuropoma A. J. Wagner, 1897Pleuropomatia Tomlin, 1929Pomatias A. J. Wagner, 1897 Pomatias Westerlund, 1883Pomatias A. J. Wagner, 1897Pomatias A. J. Wagner, 1897Pomatias A. J. Wagner, 1897 Pomatias A. J. Wagner, 1897Pomatias Westerlund, 1883Pomatias A. J. Wagner, 1897 Pomatias A. J. Wagner, 1897Pomatias Westerlund, 1883Pomatias A. J. Wagner, 1897Pomatias A. J. Wagner, 1897 Pomatias Clessin, 1889Pomatias A. J. Wagner, 1897Pomatias A. J. Wagner, 1897Pomatias Caziot, 1910Pomatias A. J. Wagner, 1897Pomatias Clessin, 1889 Pomatias A. J. Wagner, 1897Pomatias A. J. Wagner, 1897 Pomatias Westerlund, 1883Stereopoma A. J. Wagner, 1897