Cochlostoma genus of land snails with an operculum , terrestrial gastropod mollusks in the family Cochlostomatidae.
Calcareous terrains of South Europe and North Africa.(Turkey?).
Mantle caves work as pulmones. The operculum is horny. The shell has several whorls. The penis is above right feeler. Sexual dimorphism is often recognisable at the shell.
All species are confined to limestone habitats. They feed on dead plants and microflora. Female lays big eggs, offspring hatches after three to six weeks.
The genus Cochlostoma contains at least 140 species and subspecies, including:
subgenus Auritus
Cochlostoma auritum (Rossmässler, 1837)Cochlostoma fuchsi Feher, 2004Cochlostoma georgi (A.J. Wagner, 1906)Cochlostoma hoyeri (Polinski, 1922)Cochlostoma pinteri Feher, 2004subgenus Cochlostoma
Cochlostoma braueri (A.J. Wagner, 1897)Cochlostoma cinerascens (Rossmässler, 1837)Cochlostoma cretense (Maltzan, 1887)Cochlostoma elegans (Clessin, 1879)Cochlostoma henricae (Strobel, 1851)Cochlostoma mostarensis (A.J. Wagner, 1906)Cochlostoma scalarinum (A. & J.B. Villa, 1841)Cochlostoma septemspirale (Razoumowsky, 1789)
subgenus Holcopoma
Cochlostoma achaicum (O. Boettger, 1885)Cochlostoma hellenicum (Saint-Simon, 1869)Cochlostoma parnonis Schütt, 1981Cochlostoma roseoli (A.J. Wagner, 1901)Cochlostoma tessellatum (Rossmässler, 1837)Cochlostoma westerlundi (Paulucci, 1879)subgenus Obscurella
Cochlostoma apricum (Mousson, 1847)Cochlostoma asturicum (Raven, 1990)Cochlostoma bicostulatum Gofas, 1989Cochlostoma canestrinii (Adami, 1876)Cochlostoma conicum (Vallot, 1801)Cochlostoma gigas Gofas & Backeljau, 1994Cochlostoma hidalgoi (Crosse, 1864)Cochlostoma martorelli (Servain, 1880)Cochlostoma nouleti (Dupuy, 1851)Cochlostoma obscurum (Draparnaud, 1805)Cochlostoma oscitans Gofas, 1989Cochlostoma partioti (Saint-Simon, 1848)†Cochlostoma salomoni Geyer, 1914
subgenus Turritus
Cochlostoma acutum (Caziot, 1908)Cochlostoma adamii (Paulucci, 1879)Cochlostoma affine (Benoit, 1882)Cochlostoma alleryanum (Paulucci, 1879)Cochlostoma anomphale Boeckel, 1939Cochlostoma crosseanum (Paulucci, 1879)Cochlostoma dalmatinum (L. Pfeiffer, 1863)Cochlostoma erika (A.J. Wagner, 1906)Cochlostoma euboicum (Westerlund, 1885)Cochlostoma gracile (L. Pfeiffer, 1849)Cochlostoma intermedium (Pini, 1884)Cochlostoma kleciaki (Braun, 1887)Cochlostoma macei (Bourguignat, 1869)Cochlostoma montanum (Issel, 1866)Cochlostoma nanum (Westerlund, 1879)Cochlostoma pageti Klemm, 1962Cochlostoma paladilhianum (Saint-Simon, 1869)Cochlostoma patulum (Draparnaud, 1801)Cochlostoma philippianum (Gredler, 1853)Cochlostoma porroi (Strobel, 1850)Cochlostoma sardoum (Westerlund, 1890)Cochlostoma simrothi (Caziot, 1908)Cochlostoma stossichi (Hirc, 1881)Cochlostoma sturanii (A.J. Wagner, 1897)Cochlostoma subalpinum (Pini, 1884)Cochlostoma tergestinum (Westerlund, 1878)Cochlostoma villae (Strobel, 1851)Cochlostoma waldemari (A.J. Wagner, 1897)
