Cernuella cisalpina
Cernuella cisalpina | |
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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] | |
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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
[edit]- ^ 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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