Cernuella aginnica
Appearance
Cernuella aginnica | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Order: | Stylommatophora |
Family: | Geomitridae |
Subfamily: | Helicellinae |
Tribe: | Cernuellini |
Genus: | Cernuella |
Species: | C. aginnica
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Binomial name | |
Cernuella aginnica (Locard, 1894
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Synonyms | |
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Cernuella aginnica is a species of small air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Geomitridae. [1]
Distribution
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This species is known to occur in a number of countries and islands including:
- Great Britain
- The Netherlands
- France
- Italy
- Gibraltar
- Spain
References
[edit]- ^ MolluscaBase eds. (2022). MolluscaBase. Cernuella aginnica (Locard, 1882). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=426370 on 2022-07-22
- Provoost, S.; Bonte, D. (Ed.) (2004). Animated dunes: a view of biodiversity at the Flemish coast [Levende duinen: een overzicht van de biodiversiteit aan de Vlaamse kust]. Mededelingen van het Instituut voor Natuurbehoud, 22. Instituut voor Natuurbehoud: Brussel, Belgium. ISBN 90-403-0205-7. 416, ill., appendices pp
- AnimalBase info at: [1]
- Abstract of paper confirming it as a British species: [2]
External links
[edit]- Image of live individual at: [3]
- Good shell images at: [4][permanent dead link]
- Locard, A. (1882). Prodrome de malacologie française. [I. Catalogue général des mollusques vivants de France. Mollusques terrestres, des eaux douces et des eaux saumâtres. vi + 462 pp. Lyon: Henri Georg.]