Cernuella hydruntina

Cernuella hydruntina is a species of small air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Geomitridae.

Cernuella hydruntina
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:
Geomitridae
Subfamily:
Helicellinae
Tribe:
Cernuellini
Genus:
Cernuella
Species:
C. hydruntina
Binomial name
Cernuella hydruntina
(Kobelt, 1884)[1]

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

References
  1. Kobelt W. (1884). Iconographie der Land- & Süsswasser-Mollusken mit vorzüglicher Berücksichtigung der europäischen noch nicht abgebildeten Arten von E. A. Rossmässler. Neue Folge. Erster Band. pp. [1-4], 1-72, Taf. 1-30. Wiesbaden. Page 46, Taf. 17 Fig. 133.


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