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Cochlostomatidae

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Scientific name
  
Cochlostomatinae

Higher classification
  
Diplommatinidae

Superfamily
  
Cyclophoroidea

Phylum
  
Mollusca

Rank
  
Subfamily

Cochlostomatidae

Similar
  
Cochlostoma, Gastropods, Molluscs, Aciculidae, Cochlostoma septemspirale

Cochlostomatinae are a family of small land snails which have operculums and gills. These are terrestrial gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Cyclophoroidea.

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Distribution

These snails live in the limestone mountains of southern Europe and North Africa.

Genera

Genera in the family Cochlostomatidae include:

  • Cochlostoma Jan 1830
  • Toffolettia Giusti, 1971
  • References

    Cochlostomatidae Wikipedia