Cernuella cisalpina

Cernuella cisalpina
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Order:	Stylommatophora
Family:	Geomitridae
Subfamily:	Helicellinae
Tribe:	Cernuellini
Genus:	Cernuella
Species:	C. cisalpina
Binomial name
Cernuella cisalpina (Rossmässler, 1837)[1]
Synonyms
Candidula profuga (Rossmässler, 1854) (superseded generic combination) Cernuella (Cernuella) cisalpina (Rossmässler, 1837) · alternate representation Cernuella dobrogica Grossu, 1983 (junior synonym) Helicella (Candidula) profuga (Rossmässler, 1854) (junior subjective synonym) † Helicella (Candidula) profuga supralevantina Wenz, 1927 (junior subjective synonym) Helix arnusiaca Fagot, 1884 junior subjective synonym Helix balteata Pollonera, 1892 junior homonym (not G. B. Sowerby I, 1841) Helix brundusiana Fagot, 1884 junior subjective synonym Helix castertana Bourguignat, 1887 junior subjective synonym Helix cisalpina Rossmässler, 1837 (original combination) Helix colosseana Fagot, 1884 junior subjective synonym Helix comnena Retowski, 1889 junior subjective synonym Helix profuga A. Schmidt, 1854 (junior synonym; replacement name...) Helix tringa Fagot, 1884 (junior synonym)

Cernuella cisalpina, sometimes known as the "maritime gardensnail", is a species of small air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Geomitridae.[2]

This is a small snail with a white and brown striped shell.

This species creates and uses love darts as part of its mating behavior.

Shell

References

1. Rossmässler E. A. (1837). Iconographie der Land- und Süßwasser-Mollusken, mit vorzüglicher Berücksichtigung der europäischen noch nicht abgebildeten Arten. Dresden, Leipzig. (5-6): 28-29, Taf. 26, Fig. 354c.
2. MolluscaBase eds. (2022). MolluscaBase. Cernuella cisalpina (Rossmässler, 1837). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1050001 on 2022-07-22

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