| Cerion uva | |
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| Shells of Cerion uva | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Heterobranchia |
| Order: | Stylommatophora |
| Family: | Cerionidae |
| Genus: | Cerion |
| Species: | C. uva |
| Binomial name | |
| Cerion uva (Linnaeus, 1758) | |
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Cerion uva is a species of air-breathing tropical land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Cerionidae, the peanut snails. [1]
Shells of Cerion uva can reach a length of 24 mm. [2] This species shows extensive, geographical variations in whorl size. [3] The shape of the shell of this species changes very much as they grow. In adults, the shells are beehive-shaped, and have an expanded labrum. [2] [4] [5]
This species is endemic to the islands of Aruba, Curaçao and Bonaire; many populations are quite different in terms of morphology and represent the diverse makeup of infraspecific taxa. [6]
In 2014, the constituent forms of Cerion uva were reviewed, and included: [6]
¶: Denotes that this name was published as an infrasubspecific name intended to distinguish populations within subspecies, thus being an unavailable name according to the ICZN.
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