Biology:Cernuella aginnica

Short description: Species of gastropod

Cernuella aginnica
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Heterobranchia
Order:	Stylommatophora
Family:	Geomitridae
Subfamily:	Helicellinae
Tribe:	Cernuellini
Genus:	Cernuella
Species:	C. aginnica
Binomial name
Cernuella aginnica (Locard, 1894
Synonyms
Cernuella (Cernuella) aginnica (Locard, 1882) · alternate representation Helix aginnica Locard, 1882 (original combination)

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

Distribution

Distribution of Cernuella aginnica

This species is known to occur in a number of countries and islands including:

• Great Britain
• The Netherlands
• France
• Italy
• Gibraltar
• Spain

References

• 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

• Image of live individual at: [3]
• Good shell images at: [4]
• 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.]

Wikidata ☰ Q5064563 entry