Genus of gastropods
Cernuella
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Cernuella virgata aestivating on a fence in Provence.
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Scientific classification
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Domain:
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Eukaryota
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Kingdom:
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Animalia
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Phylum:
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Mollusca
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Class:
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Gastropoda
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Subclass:
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Heterobranchia
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Order:
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Stylommatophora
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Family:
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Geomitridae
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Subfamily:
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Helicellinae
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Tribe:
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Cernuellini
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Genus:
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Cernuella Schlüter, 1838[1]
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Type species
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Cochlea virgata Da Costa, 1778
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Synonyms
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- Cernuella (Cernuella) Schlüter, 1838· accepted, alternate representation
- Cernuella (Xeroamanda) Monterosato, 1892· accepted, alternate representation
- Cernuella (Xerocincta) Monterosato, 1892· accepted, alternate representation
- Xeroampulla Monterosato, 1892
- Xerocincta Monterosato, 1892
- Xerofusca Monterosato, 1892
- Xerolauta Monterosato, 1892
- Xerolena Monterosato, 1892
- Xerolissa Monterosato, 1892
- Xerolutea Monterosato, 1892
- Xerotropis Monterosato, 1892
- Xerovaria Monterosato, 1892
- Xerovera Monterosato, 1892
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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]
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:
- Cernuella aginnica (Locard, 1882)
- Cernuella amanda (Rossmässler, 1838)
- Cernuella aradasii (Pirajno, 1842)
- Cernuella caruanae (Kobelt, 1888) [6]
- Cernuella cisalpina (Rossmässler, 1837)
- Cernuella hydruntina (Kobelt, 1883)
- Cernuella jonica (Mousson, 1854)
- Cernuella lampedusae (Kobelt, 1890)
- Cernuella neglecta (Draparnaud, 1805)
- † Cernuella palaeocastrensis (De Stefani in De Stefani et al., 1891)
- Cernuella rugosa (Lamarck, 1822)
- Cernuella selmaniana Brandt, 1959
- Cernuella tineana (Benoit, 1862)
- Cernuella virgata (Da Costa, 1778)
- Synonyms
- Cernuella dobrogica Grossu, 1983: synonym of Cernuella cisalpina (Rossmässler, 1837) (junior synonym)
- Cernuella metabola (Westerlund, 1889): synonym of Theba pisana (O. F. Müller, 1774) (junior synonym)
- Cernuella zilchi Brandt, 1959: synonym of Alteniella zilchi (Brandt, 1959) (original