Cernuella aginnica explained

Cernuella aginnica is a species of small air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Geomitridae. ^[1]

Distribution

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: http://www.animalbase.uni-goettingen.de/zooweb/servlet/AnimalBase/home/species?id=3517
• Abstract of paper confirming it as a British species: https://web.archive.org/web/20110722194415/http://www.conchsoc.org/resources/show-abstract-37.php?id=%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%2044

External links

• Image of live individual at: http://www.nederlandsesoorten.nl/get?site=nlsr&view=nlsr&page_alias=conceptcard&cid=0AHCXIYURTUE&detail=images&param1=1&param2=12
• Good shell images at: http://elrincon-continentales3.iespana.es/Fotos%20coleccion/Hygromidae/Cernuella%20aginnica.jpg
• 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.]

Notes and References

1. MolluscaBase eds. (2022). MolluscaBase. Cernuella aginnica (Locard, 1882). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=426370 on 2022-07-22