Cernuella neglecta

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

Cernuella neglecta
Cernuella neglecta shells
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Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Heterobranchia
clade Euthyneura
clade Panpulmonata
clade Eupulmonata
clade Stylommatophora
informal group Sigmurethra
Superfamily:
Helicoidea
Family:
Geomitridae
Subfamily:
Helicellinae
Tribe:
Cernuellini
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  • Xerocincta neglecta (Draparnaud, 1805) (superseded combination)

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
  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.
  • Series of life images at:


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