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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| Cernuella virgata aestivating on a fence in Provence. | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| 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 | |
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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
editSpecies 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
References
edit- ^ 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).
- ^ 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.
- ^ 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
- ^ Barker, G. M. 2004. Natural Enemies of Terrestrial Molluscs. CABI Publishing, 644 pp., ISBN 0-85199-319-2.
- ^ Hogan, C.M. 2007. Volubilis. The Megalithic Portal, ed. A. Burnham.
- ^ Pace, Carmelo (2007). "Il-Bebbus [The Snails]" (PDF). L-Imnara (in Maltese). 4 (31): 191.
- Monterosato, T. A. di. (1892). Molluschi terrestri delle isole adiacenti alla Sicilia. Atti della Reale Accademia di Scienze, Lettere e Belle Arti di Palermo, Terza Serie. 3 (2): 1-34. Palermo.
- Bank, R. A. (2017). Classification of the Recent terrestrial Gastropoda of the World. Last update: July 16, 2017.
External links
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- Schlüter, F. (1838). Kurzgefasstes systematisches Verzeichniss meiner Conchyliensammlung nebst Andeutung aller bis jetzt von mir bei Halle gefundenen Land- und Flussconchylien. Gebauersche Buchdruckerei, Halle. vii + 40 pp
- Gude, G. K. & Woodward, B. B. (1921). On Helicella, Férussac. Proceedings of the Malacological Society of London. 14 (5/6): 174-190. London