Cochlostoma achaicum

Cochlostoma achaicum
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Caenogastropoda
informal group Architaenioglossa
Superfamily: Cyclophoroidea
Family: Cochlostomatidae
Genus: Cochlostoma
Subgenus: Holcopoma
Species: C. achaicum
Binomial name
Cochlostoma achaicum
(Boettger, 1885)
Synonyms
  • Pomatias achaicum Boettger, 1885[2]
  • Pomatias tesselatus var. Achaica Boettger, 1885 (orig. spelling)[3]

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

Geographic distribution

C. achaicum is endemic to Greece, where it occurs widely on the Peloponnese peninsula.[1][2][3]

References


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