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.

Cernuella cisalpina
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Helicellinae
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Cernuellini
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C. cisalpina
Binomial name
Cernuella cisalpina

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

This species creates and uses love darts in 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.


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