Cernuella neglecta explained

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

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

Distribution and conservation status

This species is not listed in IUCN red list - not evaluated (NE)^[2] This snail lives in European countries and islands including:

• Czech Republic - Bohemia
• Great Britain - extinct^[3]
• Netherlands
• Poland
• Spain

References

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

External links

• • Series of life images at: 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. 2 pp. (Avertissement a sa Majesté l'Impératrice), 2 pp. Rapport, i-viii (Préface), 1-164, pl. 1-13, 1 p. Errata

Notes and References

1. MolluscaBase eds. (2022). MolluscaBase. Cernuella neglecta (Draparnaud, 1805). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1050098 on 2022-07-23
2. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. . Cited 9 January 2008.
3. Journal of Conchology . 607–637 . An annotated list of the non-marine molluscs of Britain and Ireland . Anderson . Roy . 38 . 6 . 2005 . 1753-2205 . 30 June 2012.