Cochlostoma

Cochlostoma
Cochlostoma nouleti
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
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]

Distribution

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Calcareous terrains of South Europe and North Africa.[3]

Description and Anatomy

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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]

Ecology

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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]

Species

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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

  • 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

Synonyms of Cochlostoma

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  • 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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This article incorporates public domain text from reference[3]

  1. ^ Jan G. (1830). Scientiae naturalis cultoribus conspectus methodicus testaceorum in collectione mea exstantium anno 1830. pp. 1-8. Parma.
  2. ^ MolluscaBase eds. (2020). MolluscaBase. Cochlostoma Jan, 1830. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=934001 on 2020-08-25
  3. ^ a b c d e "Genus summary for Cochlostoma". AnimalBase, last modified 4 July 2012, accessed 29 August 2014.
  4. ^ "Taxon Details: Cochlostoma Jan 1830". Fauna Europaea. Archived from the original on 3 September 2014. Retrieved 29 August 2014.
  5. ^ The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2014.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 29 August 2014.
  6. ^ Welter Schultes, F. "Species in genus Cochlostoma". AnimalBase. SUB Göttingen. Retrieved 29 August 2014.
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