- Source: 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 (O. Boettger, 1885)
Cochlostoma alleryanum (Paulucci, 1879)
Cochlostoma auritum (Rossmässler, 1837)
Cochlostoma fuchsi Feher, 2004
Cochlostoma georgi (A.J. Wagner, 1906)
Cochlostoma hellenicum (Saint-Simon, 1869)
Cochlostoma hoyeri (Polinski, 1922)
Cochlostoma paladilhianum (Saint-Simon, 1869)
Cochlostoma parnonis Schütt, 1981
Cochlostoma pinteri Feher, 2004
Cochlostoma roseoli (A.J. Wagner, 1901)
Cochlostoma tessellatum (Rossmässler, 1837)
Cochlostoma westerlundi (Paulucci, 1879)
subgenus Cochlostoma
Cochlostoma septemspirale (Razoumowsky, 1789)
subgenus Turritus
Cochlostoma acutum (Caziot, 1908)
Cochlostoma adamii (Paulucci, 1879)
Cochlostoma affine (Benoit, 1882)
Cochlostoma braueri (A.J. Wagner, 1897)
Cochlostoma crosseanum (Paulucci, 1879)
Cochlostoma elegans (Clessin, 1879)
Cochlostoma euboicum (Westerlund, 1885)
Cochlostoma gracile (L. Pfeiffer, 1849)
Cochlostoma kleciaki (Braun, 1887)
Cochlostoma macei (Bourguignat, 1869)
Cochlostoma montanum (Issel, 1866)
Cochlostoma mostarensis (A.J. Wagner, 1906)
Cochlostoma nanum (Westerlund, 1879)
Cochlostoma pageti Klemm, 1962
Cochlostoma patulum (Draparnaud, 1801)
Cochlostoma sardoum (Westerlund, 1890)
Cochlostoma simrothi (Caziot, 1908)
Cochlostoma stossichi (Hirc, 1881)
Cochlostoma sturanii (A.J. Wagner, 1897)
subgenus Dalfreddia
Cochlostoma porroi (Strobel, 1850)
Cochlostoma subalpinum (Pini, 1884)
subgenus Clessiniella
Cochlostoma anomphale Boeckel, 1939
Cochlostoma stelucarum Zallot et al., 2021
Cochlostoma tergestinum (Westerlund, 1878)
Cochlostoma villae (Strobel, 1851)
Cochlostoma waldemari (A.J. Wagner, 1897)
subgenus Eupomatias
Cochlostoma henricae (Strobel, 1851)
Cochlostoma philippianum (Gredler, 1853)
subgenus Wagneriola
Cochlostoma scalarinum (A. & J.B. Villa, 1841)
subgenus Lovcenia
Cochlostoma dalmatinum (L. Pfeiffer, 1863)
Cochlostoma erika (A.J. Wagner, 1906)
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 (Rossmässler, 1837)
Cochlostoma cretense (Maltzan, 1887)
Synonyms of Cochlostoma
Auritus Westerlund, 1883
Auritus (Auritus) Westerlund, 1883
Auritus (Holcopoma) Kobelt & Möllendorff, 1899
Auritus (Pleuropoma) A. J. Wagner, 1897
Auritus (Titanopoma) A. J. Wagner, 1897
Cochlostoma (Auritus) Westerlund, 1883· accepted, alternate representation
Cochlostoma (Cinerascens) A. J. Wagner, 1897· accepted, alternate representation
Cochlostoma (Clessiniella) Zallot, Groenenberg, De Mattia, Fehér & E. Gittenberger, 2015 (junior objective synonym)
Cochlostoma (Cochlostoma) Jan, 1830· accepted, alternate representation
Cochlostoma (Dalfreddia) Zallot, Groenenberg, De Mattia, Fehér & E. Gittenberger, 2015· accepted, alternate representation
Cochlostoma (Eupomatias) A. J. Wagner, 1897· accepted, alternate representation
Cochlostoma (Holcopoma) Kobelt & Möllendorff, 1899
Cochlostoma (Lovcenia) Zallot, Groenenberg, De Mattia, Fehér & E. Gittenberger, 2015· accepted, alternate representation
Cochlostoma (Neglecta) A. J. Wagner, 1897· accepted, alternate representation
Cochlostoma (Scalarina) A. J. Wagner, 1897· accepted, alternate representation
Cochlostoma (Titanopoma) A. J. Wagner, 1897 (junior synonym)
Cochlostoma (Turritus) Westerlund, 1883· accepted, alternate representation
Cyclostoma (Cochlostoma) Jan, 1830 (original rank)
Diversicolor A. J. Wagner, 1905 (a junior synonym)
Hartmannia Newton, 1891
Holcopoma Kobelt & Möllendorff, 1899
Patuliana Caziot, 1908
Personatus Westerlund, 1883
Pleuropoma A. J. Wagner, 1897
Pleuropomatia Tomlin, 1929
Pomatias (Atlantica) A. J. Wagner, 1897 (invalid: junior homonym of Atlantica Ancey, 1887)
Pomatias (Auritus) Westerlund, 1883
Pomatias (Cinerascens) A. J. Wagner, 1897
Pomatias (Cisalpina) A. J. Wagner, 1897
Pomatias (Difficilis) A. J. Wagner, 1897 (invalid:junior objective synonym of Hartmannia)
Pomatias (Eupomatias) A. J. Wagner, 1897
Pomatias (Maculatus) Westerlund, 1883
Pomatias (Nana) A. J. Wagner, 1897 (invalid: junior homonym of Nana Schumacher, 1817)
Pomatias (Neglecta) A. J. Wagner, 1897
Pomatias (Personatus) Westerlund, 1883
Pomatias (Philippiana) A. J. Wagner, 1897
Pomatias (Pleuropoma) A. J. Wagner, 1897 ( invalid: junior homonym of Pleuropoma Möllendorff, 1893; * * Holcopoma and Pleuropomatia are replacement names)
Pomatias (Pomatiella) Clessin, 1889
Pomatias (Sardoa) A. J. Wagner, 1897
Pomatias (Scalarina) A. J. Wagner, 1897
Pomatias (Septemspiraliana) Caziot, 1910
Pomatias (Septemspiralis) A. J. Wagner, 1897
Pomatias (Strobelia) Clessin, 1889 (invalid: junior homonym of Strobelia Rondani, 1868 [Diptera])
Pomatias (Tesselata) A. J. Wagner, 1897
Pomatias (Titanopoma) A. J. Wagner, 1897 (junior objective synonym of Auritus)
Pomatias (Turritus) Westerlund, 1883
Stereopoma A. J. Wagner, 1897 (junior synonym)
References
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External links
an, G. (1830). Scientia naturalis cultoribus. Conspectus methodicus Testaceorum in collectione mea exstantium anno 1830. 8 pp. Parma
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