Cernuella

Cernuella
Cernuella virgata aestivating on a fence in Provence.
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Order: Stylommatophora
Family: Geomitridae
Subfamily: Helicellinae
Tribe: Cernuellini
Genus: Cernuella
Schlüter, 1838
Type species
Cochlea virgata Da Costa, 1778
Synonyms
  • Cernuella (Cernuella) Schlüter, 1838· accepted, alternate representation
  • Cernuella (Xeroamanda) Monterosato, 1892· accepted, alternate representation
  • Cernuella (Xerocincta) Monterosato, 1892· accepted, alternate representation
  • Xeroampulla Monterosato, 1892
  • Xerocincta Monterosato, 1892
  • Xerofusca Monterosato, 1892
  • Xerolauta Monterosato, 1892
  • Xerolena Monterosato, 1892
  • Xerolissa Monterosato, 1892
  • Xerolutea Monterosato, 1892
  • Xerotropis Monterosato, 1892
  • Xerovaria Monterosato, 1892
  • Xerovera Monterosato, 1892

Cernuella is a genus of small air-breathing land snails, pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Geomitridae, the hairy snails and their allies.

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.

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.

Cernuella snails create and use love darts as part of their courtship and mating behavior.

Species

Species within the genus Cernuella include:

Synonyms

References

  1. ↑ 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).
  2. ↑ 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.
  3. ↑ 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
  4. ↑ Barker, G. M. 2004. Natural Enemies of Terrestrial Molluscs. CABI Publishing, 644 pp., ISBN 0-85199-319-2.
  5. ↑ Hogan, C.M. 2007. Volubilis. The Megalithic Portal, ed. A. Burnham.
  6. ↑ "MolluscaBase - Cernuella Schlüter, 1838". molluscabase.org. Retrieved 2026-03-06.
  7. ↑ Pace, Carmelo (2007). "Il-Bebbus [The Snails]" (PDF). L-Imnara (in Maltese). 4 (31): 191. Archived from the original on April 17, 2016.