Cernuella

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Cernuella
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Cernuella virgata aestivating on a fence in Provence.
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Order: Stylommatophora
Family: Geomitridae
Subfamily: Helicellinae
Tribe: Cernuellini
Genus: Cernuella
Schlüter, 1838 [1]
Type species
Cochlea virgataDa Costa, 1778
Synonyms
  • Cernuella (Cernuella)Schlüter, 1838· accepted, alternate representation
  • Cernuella (Xeroamanda)Monterosato, 1892· accepted, alternate representation
  • Cernuella (Xerocincta)Monterosato, 1892· accepted, alternate representation
  • XeroampullaMonterosato, 1892
  • XerocinctaMonterosato, 1892
  • XerofuscaMonterosato, 1892
  • XerolautaMonterosato, 1892
  • XerolenaMonterosato, 1892
  • XerolissaMonterosato, 1892
  • XeroluteaMonterosato, 1892
  • XerotropisMonterosato, 1892
  • XerovariaMonterosato, 1892
  • XeroveraMonterosato, 1892

Cernuella is a genus of small air-breathing land snails, pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Geomitridae, [2] the hairy snails and their allies. [3]

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The native range of the genus is primarily Mediterranean.

Some species such as Cernuella virgata have become significant invasive species, agricultural pests, in parts of Australia. [4]

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. [5]

Cernuella snails create and use love darts as part of their courtship and mating behavior.

Species

Species within the genus Cernuella include:

Synonyms

References

  1. ↑ 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).
  2. ↑ 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. Bibcode:2015MolPE..83...99R. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2014.11.014. ISSN   1055-7903. PMID   25485783.
  3. ↑ MolluscaBase eds. (2020). MolluscaBase. Cernuella Schlüter, 1838. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=426368 on 2020-08-04
  4. ↑ Barker, G. M. 2004. Natural Enemies of Terrestrial Molluscs. CABI Publishing, 644 pp., ISBN   0-85199-319-2.
  5. ↑ Hogan, C.M. 2007. Volubilis. The Megalithic Portal, ed. A. Burnham.
  6. ↑ Pace, Carmelo (2007). "Il-Bebbus [The Snails]" (PDF). L-Imnara (in Maltese). 4 (31): 191. Archived from the original on April 17, 2016.
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