Biology:Cochlostoma hellenicum

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Short description: Species of gastropod


Cochlostoma hellenicum
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Class:
(unranked):
clade Caenogastropoda
informal group Architaenioglossa
Superfamily:
Family:
Genus:
Subgenus:
Holcopoma
Species:
C. hellenicum
Binomial name
Cochlostoma hellenicum
(Saint-Simon, 1869)
Synonyms

Pomatias Hellenicus Saint-Simon, 1869 (orig. spelling)[2]

Cochlostoma hellenicum is a species of a small land snail with an operculum, a terrestrial gastropod mollusc in the family Cochlostomatidae.[1]

Taxonomy

Fauna Europaea recognises two subspecies, the nominotypical C. h. subsp. hellenicum and C. h. subsp. athenarum.[3]

Geographic distribution

C. hellenicum is endemic to Greece, where it occurs in the central part of the country and the islands of Tinos, Evvia , and Xeronisi.[1][2][3]

References

Wikidata ☰ Q14625932 entry