About Chilostoma cingulatum (S.Studer, 1820)
Chilostoma cingulatum was first described by S. Studer in 1820. It is a species of medium-sized, air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk that belongs to the family Helicidae, the group known as true snails.
Recognized subspecies of Chilostoma cingulatum include: Chilostoma cingulatum adamii (Pini, 1876), Chilostoma cingulatum alzonai K. L. Pfeiffer, 1951, Chilostoma cingulatum anauniense (De Betta, 1852), Chilostoma cingulatum anconae (Gentiluomo, 1868), Chilostoma cingulatum appelii (Kobelt, 1876), Chilostoma cingulatum asperulum (Ehrmann, 1910), Chilostoma cingulatum baldense (Rossmässler, 1839), Chilostoma cingulatum bizona (Rossmässler, 1842), Chilostoma cingulatum boccavallense K. L. Pfeiffer, 1951, Chilostoma cingulatum carrarense (Strobel, 1852), Chilostoma cingulatum cingulatum (S. Studer, 1820), Chilostoma cingulatum colubrinum (De Cristofori & Jan, 1832), Chilostoma cingulatum frigidescens (Del Prete, 1879), Chilostoma cingulatum frigidissimum (Paulucci, 1881), Chilostoma cingulatum frigidosum (Pollonera, 1890), Chilostoma cingulatum gobanzi (Frauenfeld, 1867), Chilostoma cingulatum hermesianum (Pini, 1874), Chilostoma cingulatum infernale (P. Hesse, 1931), Chilostoma cingulatum insubricum (De Cristofori & Jan, 1832), Chilostoma cingulatum medoacense (Adami, 1886), Chilostoma cingulatum montanum (Paulucci, 1881), Chilostoma cingulatum nicatis (Costa, 1836), Chilostoma cingulatum nicolisianum (Adami, 1886), Chilostoma cingulatum peregrini Falkner, 1998, Chilostoma cingulatum philippii (Kobelt, 1905), Chilostoma cingulatum preslii (Rossmässler, 1836), Chilostoma cingulatum sentinense (Piersanti, 1833), and Chilostoma cingulatum transiens (Adami, 1886).
This species lives exclusively on limestone rocks. For its life cycle, the diameter of its eggs measures 3.3 mm, and individuals of this species create and use love darts during mating.
