Cernuella hydruntina

Cernuella hydruntina
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
Subfamily: Hygromiinae
Tribe: Hygromiini
Genus: Cernuella
Species: C. hydruntina
Binomial name
Cernuella hydruntina
(Kobelt, 1884)[1]

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

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

References

  1. 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.

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