Cernuella neglecta
Cernuella neglecta | |
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Cernuella neglecta shells | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Order: | Stylommatophora |
Family: | Geomitridae |
Genus: | Cernuella |
Species: | C. neglecta
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Binomial name | |
Cernuella neglecta (Draparnaud, 1805)
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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:
References[]
- ^ 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Cited 9 January 2008.
- ^ 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
Categories:
- Geomitridae
- Gastropods described in 1805
- Hygromiidae stubs