Cernuella cisalpina

Cernuella cisalpina
Cernuella cisalpina
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Heterobranchia
clade Euthyneura
clade Panpulmonata
clade Eupulmonata
clade Stylommatophora
informal group Sigmurethra
Superfamily: Helicoidea
Family: Hygromiidae
Subfamily: Hygromiinae
Tribe: Hygromiini
Genus: Cernuella
Species: C. cisalpina
Binomial name
Cernuella cisalpina
(Rossmässler, 1837)[1]

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 Hygromiidae.

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

This species creates and uses love darts in its mating behavior.

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.

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