Cochlostoma hellenicum explained

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

Taxonomy

Fauna Europaea recognises two subspecies, the nominotypical C. h. subsp. hellenicum and C. h. subsp. athenarum.[1]

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.[2] [1]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Taxon Details: Cochlostoma (Holcopoma) hellenicum (Saint-Simon 1869). https://web.archive.org/web/20140911155621/http://www.faunaeur.org/full_results.php?id=425136. dead. September 11, 2014. Fauna Europaea. 11 September 2014.
  2. Web site: Species summary for Cochlostoma hellenicum. Welter Schultes, F.. AnimalBase. SUB Göttingen. 11 September 2014.