Chilostoma cingulatum
Chilostoma cingulatum is a species of medium-sized, air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Helicidae, the true snails.
- Chilostoma cingulatum anauniense
- Chilostoma cingulatum baldense
- Chilostoma cingulatum colubrinum
- Chilostoma cingulatum nicatis
- Chilostoma cingulatum preslii
Chilostoma cingulatum | |
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Chilostoma cingulatum baldense (Rossmässler, 1839) | |
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(unranked): | clade Heterobranchia clade Euthyneura clade Panpulmonata clade Eupulmonata clade Stylommatophora informal group Sigmurethra |
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Species: | C. cingulatum |
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Chilostoma cingulatum | |
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Helix (Glischrus) cingulata Studer, 1820 |
Habitat
The species is found only on limestone rocks.
Life cycle
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The scanning electron microscope images show (above) the lateral view of the love dart, scale bar 500 μm (0.5 mm); and (below) a cross section of the dart, scale bar 50 μm.
The diameter of the egg of this species is 3.3 mm.[2]
These snails create and use love darts during mating.
References
- Studer S. 1820. Kurzes Verzeichniss der bis jetzt in unserm Vaterlande entdeckten Conchylien. Naturwissenschaftlicher Anzeiger der Allgemeinen Schweizerischen Gesellschaft für die Gesammten Naturwissenschaften 3 (11): 83-90, 91-94. Bern.
- Heller J.: Life History Strategies. in Barker G. M. (ed.): The biology of terrestrial molluscs. CABI Publishing, Oxon, UK, 2001, ISBN 0-85199-318-4. 1-146, cited page: 428.
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