Cochlostoma

Cochlostoma
drawing of the shell of Cochlostoma septemspirale
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
(unranked):	clade Caenogastropoda informal group Architaenioglossa
Superfamily:	Cyclophoroidea
Family:	Diplommatinidae
Subfamily:	Cochlostomatinae
Genus:	Cochlostoma Jan, 1830[1]
Species
See text.

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

Distribution

Europe^[2]

Description

Mantle caves work as pulmones.^[2] The operculum is horny.^[2] The shell has several whorls.^[2] The penis is above right feeler.^[2] Sexual dimorphism is often recognisable at the shell.^[2]

Ecology

All species are confined to limestone habitats.^[2] They are feeding on dead plants and microflora.^[2] Female lays big eggs, offspring hatches after 3–6 weeks.^[2]

Species

The genus Cochlostoma contains over 260^{[citation needed]} species and subspecies, including:

subgenus Cochlostoma

• Cochlostoma septemspirale (Razoumowsky, 1789)

subgenus Obscurella

• Cochlostoma salomoni Geyer, 1914

subgenus ?

• Cochlostoma canestrinii (Adami, 1876)
• Cochlostoma roseoli
• Cochlostoma montanum
• Cochlostoma philippianum

References

This article incorporates public domain text from the reference .^[2]

1. ^ Jan G. (1830). Scientiae naturalis cultoribus conspectus methodicus testaceorum in collectione mea exstantium anno 1830. pp. 1-8. Parma.
2. ^ ^{a b c d e f g h i j} "Genus summary for Cochlostoma". AnimalBase, Last modified 27 July 2007, accessed 24 August 2010.

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