Cernuella neglecta

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Cernuella neglecta
Cernuella-neglecta 01.jpg
Cernuella neglecta shells
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Order: Stylommatophora
Family: Geomitridae
Genus: Cernuella
Species:
C. neglecta
Binomial name
Cernuella neglecta
(Draparnaud, 1805)
Synonyms
  • Cernuella (Xerocincta) neglecta (Draparnaud, 1805)· accepted, alternate representation
  • Helix neglecta Draparnaud, 1805 (original combination)
  • Xerocincta neglecta (Draparnaud, 1805) (superseded combination)

Cernuella neglecta, the dune snail, is a species of small air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusc in the family Geomitridae.

This is a small snail with a white and brown striped shell. It lives on chalk banks.

Distribution and conservation status[]

This species is not listed in IUCN red list - not evaluated (NE)[1]

This snail lives in European countries and islands including:

  • Czech Republic - Bohemia
  • Great Britain - extinct[2]
  • Netherlands
  • Poland
  • Spain

References[]

  1. ^ 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Cited 9 January 2008.
  2. ^ Anderson, Roy (2005). "An annotated list of the non-marine molluscs of Britain and Ireland". Journal of Conchology. 38 (6): 607–637. ISSN 1753-2205. Retrieved 30 June 2012.

External links[]

  • Series of life images at: [1]

Media related to Cernuella neglecta at Wikimedia Commons


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