Cernuella
Genus of gastropods
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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]
| Cernuella | |
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| Cernuella virgata aestivating on a fence in Provence. | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Order: | Stylommatophora |
| Family: | Geomitridae |
| Subfamily: | Helicellinae |
| Tribe: | Cernuellini |
| Genus: | Cernuella Schlüter, 1838[1] |
| Type species | |
| Cochlea virgata Da Costa, 1778 | |
| Synonyms | |
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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:[6]
- Cernuella aginnica (Locard, 1882)
- Cernuella amanda (Rossmässler, 1838)
- Cernuella aradasii (Pirajno, 1842)
- Cernuella caruanae (Kobelt, 1888) [7]
- Cernuella cisalpina (Rossmässler, 1837)
- † Cernuella eustrongyla (Bourguignat, 1868)
- Cernuella hydruntina (Kobelt, 1883)
- Cernuella jonica (Mousson, 1854)
- † Cernuella koleensis (Bourguignat, 1862)
- 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
