Cernuella cisalpina

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]

Cernuella cisalpina
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Heterobranchia
Order: Stylommatophora
Family: Geomitridae
Subfamily: Helicellinae
Tribe: Cernuellini
Genus: Cernuella
Species:
C. cisalpina
Binomial name
Cernuella cisalpina
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  • Candidula profuga (Rossmässler, 1854) (superseded generic combination)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)

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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