Cernuellopsis

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Cernuellopsis
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Order: Stylommatophora
Family: Geomitridae
Genus: Cernuellopsis
Manganelli & Giusti, 1988
Species:
C. ghisottii
Binomial name
Cernuellopsis ghisottii
Manganelli & Giusti, 1988

Cernuellopsis is a genus of air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Geomitridae. [2] It contains a single species, Cernuellopsis ghisottii. This species is endemic to the Italian Peninsula.

The species epithet ghisottii refers to Dr. Fernando Ghisottii, former president of the Società Italiana di Malacologia, to whom the species was dedicated. [3]

Distribution

Cernuellopsis ghisottii is endemic to the Italian Peninsula. Only few populations are known from the central and south Apennines between 1500 and 2100 m. The species inhabits rocky areas (i.g. inland cliffs, mountain peaks) and grasslands. The type locality is Calabria, Mt. Pollino, Passo del Colle del Dragone (Italy). [3]

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References

  1. von Proschwitz, T.; Falkner, M.; Falkner, G. (2011). "Cernuellopsis ghisottii". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2011: e.T156374A4934978. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2011-1.RLTS.T156374A4934978.en . Retrieved 18 November 2021.
  2. Chueca, Luis J.; Gómez-Moliner, Benjamín J.; Madeira, María José; Pfenninger, Markus (2018). "Molecular phylogeny of Candidula (Geomitridae) land snails inferred from mitochondrial and nuclear markers reveals the polyphyly of the genus". Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 118: 357–368. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2017.10.022. PMID   29107619.
  3. 1 2 Manganelli, G.; Giusti, F (1988). "Notulae malacologicae, XXXVIII. A new Hygromiidae from the Italian Apennines and notes on the genus Cernuella and related taxa (Pulmonata: Helicoidea)". Bollettino Malacologico. 23 (11/12): 327–380.