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Cochlodina orthostoma

Cladus: Eukaryota
Supergroup: Opisthokonta
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Spiralia
Cladus: Lophotrochozoa
Phylum: Mollusca
Classis: Gastropodae
Subclassis: Orthogastropoda
Superordo: Heterobranchia
Ordo: Pulmonata
Subordo: Eupulmonata
Clade: Stylommatophora
Cladus: Orthurethra
Informal group: Sigmurethra
Superfamilia: Clausilioidea
Familia: Clausiliidae
Subfamilia: Alopiinae
Tribus: Cochlodinini
Genus: Cochlodina
Subgenus: Cochlodina (Paracochlodina)
Species: C. (P.) orthostoma

Cochlodina orthostoma is a species of air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Clausiliidae, the door snails, all of which have a clausilium.


Distribution

Its native distribution is Central European and Eastern European. It occurs in:

* Czech Republic
* Slovakia
* and others


Description

The weight of the adult live snail is about 74.7±5.3 mg.[2]

Ecology

The habitat of this species is woodland.

References

1. ^ 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. <www.iucnredlist.org>. cited October 26 2007.
2. ^ Boch S., Prati D., Werth S., Rüetschi J. & Fischer M. (2011). "Lichen Endozoochory by Snails". PLoS ONE 6(4): e18770. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0018770.

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