Cernuella_hydruntina Knowpia

Cernuella hydruntina
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Heterobranchia
Order:	Stylommatophora
Family:	Geomitridae
Subfamily:	Helicellinae
Tribe:	Cernuellini
Genus:	Cernuella
Species:	C. hydruntina
Binomial name
	Cernuella hydruntina; (Kobelt, 1884)
Synonyms
	Cernuella (Cernuella) hydruntina (Kobelt, 1883) · alternate representation

Cernuella hydruntina is a species of small air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Geomitridae.^[2]

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

References edit

^ Kobelt W. (1884). Iconographie der Land- & Süsswasser-Mollusken mit vorzüglicher Berücksichtigung der europäischen noch nicht abgebildeten Arten von E. A. Rossmässler. Neue Folge. Erster Band. pp. [1-4], 1-72, Taf. 1-30. Wiesbaden. Page 46, Taf. 17 Fig. 133.
^ MolluscaBase eds. (2022). MolluscaBase. Cernuella hydruntina (Kobelt, 1883). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1050002 on 2022-07-23

Bank, R. A.; Neubert, E. (2017). Checklist of the land and freshwater Gastropoda of Europe. Last update: July 16, 2017