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)
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	Candidula profuga (Rossmässler, 1854) (superseded generic combination); Cernuella (Cernuella) cisalpina (Rossmässler, 1837) · alternate representation; Cernuella dobrogica Grossu, 1983 (junior synonym);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.

References

^ 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.
^ 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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