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 Auritus
  • Cochlostoma achaicum
  • Cochlostoma alleryanum
  • Cochlostoma auritum
  • Cochlostoma fuchsi Feher, 2004
  • Cochlostoma georgi
  • Cochlostoma hellenicum
  • Cochlostoma hoyeri
  • Cochlostoma paladilhianum
  • Cochlostoma parnonis Schütt, 1981
  • Cochlostoma pinteri Feher, 2004
  • Cochlostoma roseoli
  • Cochlostoma tessellatum
  • Cochlostoma westerlundi
subgenus Cochlostoma
  • Cochlostoma septemspirale
subgenus Turritus
  • Cochlostoma 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, 1962
  • Cochlostoma patulum
  • Cochlostoma sardoum
  • Cochlostoma simrothi
  • Cochlostoma stossichi
  • Cochlostoma sturanii
subgenus Dalfreddia
  • Cochlostoma porroi
  • Cochlostoma subalpinum
subgenus Clessiniella
  • Cochlostoma anomphale Boeckel, 1939
  • Cochlostoma stelucarum Zallot et al., 2021
  • Cochlostoma tergestinum
  • Cochlostoma villae
  • Cochlostoma waldemari
subgenus Eupomatias
  • Cochlostoma henricae
  • Cochlostoma philippianum
subgenus Wagneriola
  • Cochlostoma scalarinum
subgenus Lovcenia
  • Cochlostoma dalmatinum
  • Cochlostoma erika
  • 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 cretense''

    Synonyms of Cochlostoma

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