Cernuella cisalpina

Cernuella cisalpina
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:	Hygromiidae
Genus:	Cernuella
Species:	C. cisalpina
Binomial name
Cernuella cisalpina (Rossmässler, 1837)

Cernuella cisalpina, sometimes known as the "maritime gardensnail", is a species of small air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Hygromiidae.

This is a small snail with a white and brown striped shell.

This species creates and uses love darts in its mating behavior.

References

External links

• Lots of excellent info at: [1]
• Several good images at: [2]

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