Cochlostomatidae
Sign in to saveCochlostomatinae are a family of small land snails which have opercula and gills. These are terrestrial gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Cyclophoroidea.
Species
FAMILY
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumMollusca
- ClassGastropoda
- OrderArchitaenioglossa
- FamilyCochlostomatidae
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Cochlostomatinae are a family of small land snails which have opercula and gills. These are terrestrial gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Cyclophoroidea.
==Distribution== These snails live in the limestone mountains of southern Europe and North Africa.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Cochlostomatidae” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.