Chilostoma cingulatum


Chilostoma cingulatum is a species of medium-sized, air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Helicidae, the true snails.
;Subspecies:Chilostoma cingulatum adamii Chilostoma cingulatum alzonai K. L. Pfeiffer, 1951Chilostoma cingulatum anauniense Chilostoma cingulatum anconae Chilostoma cingulatum appelii Chilostoma cingulatum asperulum Chilostoma cingulatum baldense Chilostoma cingulatum bizona Chilostoma cingulatum boccavallense K. L. Pfeiffer, 1951Chilostoma cingulatum carrarense Chilostoma cingulatum cingulatum Chilostoma cingulatum colubrinum Chilostoma cingulatum frigidescens Chilostoma cingulatum frigidissimum Chilostoma cingulatum frigidosum Chilostoma cingulatum gobanzi Chilostoma cingulatum hermesianum Chilostoma cingulatum infernale Chilostoma cingulatum insubricum Chilostoma cingulatum medoacense Chilostoma cingulatum montanum Chilostoma cingulatum nicatis Chilostoma cingulatum nicolisianum Chilostoma cingulatum peregrini Falkner, 1998Chilostoma cingulatum philippii Chilostoma cingulatum preslii Chilostoma cingulatum sentinense
  • ''Chilostoma cingulatum transiens''

Habitat

The species is found only on limestone rocks.

Life cycle

Image:Chilostoma cingulatum SEM dart.jpg|thumb|left|The scanning electron microscope images show the lateral view of the love dart, scale bar 500 μm ; and a cross section of the dart, scale bar 50 μm.
The diameter of the egg of this species is 3.3 mm.
These snails create and use love darts during mating.