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.
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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 |
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| Species: | C. cisalpina |
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| Cernuella cisalpina (Rossmässler, 1837)[1] | |
This is a small snail with a white and brown striped shell.
This species creates and uses love darts in its mating behavior.
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References
- 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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