Cernuella neglecta
Cernuella neglecta shells
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Heterobranchia
Order: Stylommatophora
Family: Geomitridae
Genus: Cernuella
Species:
C. neglecta
Binomial name
Cernuella neglecta
(Draparnaud, 1805)
Synonyms
  • Cernuella (Xerocincta) neglecta (Draparnaud, 1805)· accepted, alternate representation
  • Helicella (Xerocincta) ammonis (Strobel, 1857) (junior synonym)
  • Helicella (Xerocincta) ammonis acrenoica Haas, 1936 (junior synonym)
  • Helix (Xerophila) neglecta Draparnaud, 1805 (superseded combination)
  • Helix ammonis Strobel, 1857(junior synonym)
  • Helix bononiensis De Stefani, 1883 (junior synonym)
  • Helix discrepans Tiberi, 1878 (invalid; not L. Pfeiffer, 1863)
  • Helix mendica Pollonera, 1892 (invalid; not Slavík, 1869)
  • Helix neglecta Draparnaud, 1805 (original combination)
  • Helix nerusia Pollonera, 1892 (junior synonym)
  • Helix samnitum Westerlund, 1889 (junior synonym)
  • Helix trepidulina Pollonera, 1892 (junior synonym)
  • Xerocincta neglecta (Draparnaud, 1805) (superseded combination)

Cernuella neglecta, the dune snail, is a species of small air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusc in the family Geomitridae.[1]

This is a small snail with a white and brown striped shell. It lives on chalk banks.

Distribution and conservation status

This species is not listed in IUCN red list - not evaluated (NE)[2]

Distribution

This snail lives in European countries and islands including:

References

  1. ↑ MolluscaBase eds. (2022). MolluscaBase. Cernuella neglecta (Draparnaud, 1805). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1050098 on 2022-07-23
  2. ↑ 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Cited 9 January 2008.
  3. ↑ Anderson, Roy (2005). "An annotated list of the non-marine molluscs of Britain and Ireland". Journal of Conchology. 38 (6): 607–637. ISSN 1753-2205. Retrieved 30 June 2012.
  • Haas, F. (1936). Neue und kritische Arten der Heliciden-Unterfamilie Helicellinae (Moll. Gastr. Pulm.). Zoologischer Anzeiger, 114 (11/12): 297–305. Leipzig
  • Bank, R. A.; Neubert, E. (2017). Checklist of the land and freshwater Gastropoda of Europe. Last update: July 16, 2017


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