| Cochlostoma | |
|---|---|
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| Cochlostoma nouleti | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Architaenioglossa |
| Superfamily: | Cyclophoroidea |
| Family: | Cochlostomatidae |
| Genus: | Cochlostoma Jan, 1830 [1] |
| Type species | |
| Cyclostoma maculatum Draparnaud, 1805 | |
Cochlostoma is a genus of land snails with an operculum, terrestrial gastropod mollusks in the family Cochlostomatidae. [2]
Calcareous terrains of South Europe and North Africa. [3]
Mantle caves serve as pulmones. Operculum corneous and multispiral. Penis is oriented above the right tentacle. Sexual dimorphism is often recognisable in external morphology. [3]
All species are confined to limestone habitats, feeding on dead plants and microflora. [3] Females lays large eggs, hatching after three to six weeks. [3]
The genus Cochlostoma contains at least 140 species and subspecies, including: [4] [5] [6]
subgenus Auritus
subgenus Cochlostoma
subgenus Turritus
subgenus Dalfreddia
subgenus Clessiniella
subgenus Eupomatias
subgenus Wagneriola
subgenus Lovcenia
unknown subgenus
Helix is a genus of large, air-breathing land snails native to Europe and the Mediterranean region. They are the type genus of the family Helicidae, and are among the first animal genera described by Carl Linnaeus. Members of the genus first appeared during the Oligocene. Like most land snails, Helix species are hermaphroditic, and like other helicids, a courting pair will impale each other with hormone-rich love darts prior to exchanging sperm. Well-known species include Helix pomatia and Helix lucorum. Cornu aspersum – another well-known helicid – was originally described as a member of Helix, but the prevailing classification places it as the sole member of the sister genus Cornu.
Cochlostomatinae are a family of small land snails which have operculums and gills. These are terrestrial gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Cyclophoroidea.
Unio tumidus, the swollen river mussel, is a species of freshwater mussel, an aquatic bivalve mollusc in the family Unionidae, the river mussels.
Balea is a genus of small, very elongate, air-breathing land snails, sinistral terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Clausiliidae, the door snails.
Oxychilus is a genus of small air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropods in the subfamily Oxychilinae of the family Oxychilidae, the glass snails.
Bithynia is a genus of small freshwater snails with an operculum, aquatic prosobranch gastropod mollusks in the family Bithyniidae.
Candidula is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Geomitridae, . the hairy snails and their allies.
Helicopsis is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the subfamily Helicellinae of the family Geomitridae.
Orcula dolium is a species of very small air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Orculidae.
Chondrinidae is a family of mostly minute air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the order Pulmonata.
Agardhiella is a genus of terrestrial gastropods belonging to the family Agardhiellidae.
Obscurella is a genus of land snails with an operculum, terrestrial gastropod mollusks in the family Cochlostomatidae.
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