Biology:Cernuella neglecta

Cernuella neglecta
	Cernuella neglecta shells
Conservation status
	; Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Heterobranchia
Order:	Stylommatophora
Family:	Geomitridae
Genus:	Cernuella
Species:	C. neglecta
Binomial name
	Cernuella neglecta; (Draparnaud, 1805)
Synonyms
	Cernuella (Xerocincta) neglecta (Draparnaud, 1805)· accepted, alternate representation; Helicella (Xerocincta) ammonis (Strobel, 1857) (junior synonym); Helicella (Xerocincta) ammonis acrenoica Haas, 1936 (junior synonym); Helix (Xerophila) neglecta Draparnaud, 1805 (superseded combination); Helix ammonis Strobel, 1857(junior synonym); Helix bononiensis De Stefani, 1883 (junior synonym); Helix discrepans Tiberi, 1878 (invalid; not L. Pfeiffer, 1863); Helix mendica Pollonera, 1892 (invalid; not Slavík, 1869); Helix neglecta Draparnaud, 1805 (original combination); Helix nerusia Pollonera, 1892 (junior synonym); Helix samnitum Westerlund, 1889 (junior synonym); Helix trepidulina Pollonera, 1892 (junior synonym); Xerocincta neglecta (Draparnaud, 1805) (superseded combination);

Short description: Species of gastropod

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

This is a small snail with a white and brown striped shell. It lives on chalk banks.

Distribution and conservation status

This species is listed in IUCN red list - Least concern (LC)^[1]

This snail lives in European countries and islands including:

Haas, F. (1936). "Neue und kritische Arten der Heliciden-Unterfamilie Helicellinae (Moll. Gastr. Pulm.)". Zoologischer Anzeiger (Leipzig) 114 (11/12): 297–305.
Bank, R. A.; Neubert, E. (July 16, 2017), Checklist of the land and freshwater Gastropoda of Europe

Wolfgang Fischer. "Cemuella[sic neglecta (Draparnaud 1805)"]. http://ipp.boku.ac.at/private/wf/Cernuella_neglecta.html.
Draparnaud, J.-P.-R. (1805). Histoire naturelle des mollusques terrestres et fluviatiles de la France. pp. 2 pp. (Avertissement a sa Majesté l'Impératrice), 2 pp. Rapport, i-viii (Préface), 1-164, pl. 1-13, 1 p. Errata. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/52682088.

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Cernuella neglecta

Cernuella neglecta shells
Conservation status
Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)^[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Heterobranchia
Order:	Stylommatophora
Family:	Geomitridae
Genus:	Cernuella
Species:	C. neglecta
Binomial name
*Cernuella neglecta* (Draparnaud, 1805)
Synonyms
Cernuella (Xerocincta) neglecta (Draparnaud, 1805)· accepted, alternate representation Helicella (Xerocincta) ammonis (Strobel, 1857) (junior synonym) Helicella (Xerocincta) ammonis acrenoica Haas, 1936 (junior synonym) Helix (Xerophila) neglecta Draparnaud, 1805 (superseded combination) Helix ammonis Strobel, 1857(junior synonym) Helix bononiensis De Stefani, 1883 (junior synonym) Helix discrepans Tiberi, 1878 (invalid; not L. Pfeiffer, 1863) Helix mendica Pollonera, 1892 (invalid; not Slavík, 1869) Helix neglecta Draparnaud, 1805 (original combination) Helix nerusia Pollonera, 1892 (junior synonym) Helix samnitum Westerlund, 1889 (junior synonym) Helix trepidulina Pollonera, 1892 (junior synonym) Xerocincta neglecta (Draparnaud, 1805) (superseded combination)