Cernuella
Cernuella is a genus of small air-breathing land snails, pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Geomitridae,[2] the hairy snails and their allies. The native range of the genus is primarily Mediterranean.
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| Cernuella virgata aestivating on a fence in Provence. | |
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| (unranked): | clade Heterobranchia clade Euthyneura clade Panpulmonata clade Eupulmonata clade Stylommatophora informal group Sigmurethra |
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| Subfamily: | Helicellinae |
| Tribe: | Cernuellini |
| Genus: | Cernuella Schlüter, 1838[1] |
Some species such as Cernuella virgata have become significant invasive species, agricultural pests, in parts of Australia.[3]
This same species of the genus has been recovered in archaeological excavations from the Roman Empire occupation of Volubilis, an ancient habitation site in present-day Morocco.[4]
Cernuella snails create and use love darts as part of their courtship and mating behavior.
Species
Species within the genus Cernuella include:
- Cernuella aginnica
- Cernuella caruanae[5]
- Cernuella cisalpina
- Cernuella dobrogica
- Cernuella hydruntina
- Cernuella jonica
- Cernuella neglecta
- Cernuella virgata
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References
- Schlüter F. 1838. Kurzgefasstes systematisches Verzeichniss meiner Conchyliensammlung, nebst Andeutung aller bis jetzt von mir bei Halle gefundenen Land- und Flussconchylien. - pp. I-VII [= 1-7], 1-40. Halle. (Gebauer).
- Razkin, Oihana; Gómez-Moliner, Benjamín Juán; Prieto, Carlos Enrique; Martínez-Ortí, Alberto; Arrébola, José Ramón; Muñoz, Benito; Chueca, Luis Javier; Madeira, María José (February 2015). "Molecular phylogeny of the western Palaearctic Helicoidea (Gastropoda, Stylommatophora)". Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 83: 99–117. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2014.11.014. ISSN 1055-7903. PMID 25485783.
- Barker, G. M. 2004. Natural Enemies of Terrestrial Molluscs. CABI Publishing, 644 pp., ISBN 0-85199-319-2.
- Hogan, C.M. 2007. Volubilis. The Megalithic Portal, ed. A. Burnham.
- Pace, Carmelo (2007). "Il-Bebbus [The Snails]" (PDF). L-Imnara (in Maltese). 4 (31): 191.
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