Cernuella cisalpina, sometimes known as the "maritime gardensnail", is a species of small air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Geomitridae.[2]
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Scientific classification  |
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Heterobranchia |
| Order: | Stylommatophora |
| Family: | Geomitridae |
| Subfamily: | Helicellinae |
| Tribe: | Cernuellini |
| Genus: | Cernuella |
| Species: | C. cisalpina |
| Binomial name |
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Cernuella cisalpina
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| Synonyms |
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- Candidula profuga (Rossmässler, 1854) (superseded generic combination)
- Cernuella (Cernuella) cisalpina (Rossmässler, 1837) · alternate representation
- Cernuella dobrogica Grossu, 1983 (junior synonym)
- Helicella (Candidula) profuga (Rossmässler, 1854) (junior subjective synonym)
- † Helicella (Candidula) profuga supralevantina Wenz, 1927 (junior subjective synonym)
- Helix arnusiaca Fagot, 1884 junior subjective synonym
- Helix balteata Pollonera, 1892 junior homonym (not G. B. Sowerby I, 1841)
- Helix brundusiana Fagot, 1884 junior subjective synonym
- Helix castertana Bourguignat, 1887 junior subjective synonym
- Helix cisalpina Rossmässler, 1837 (original combination)
- Helix colosseana Fagot, 1884 junior subjective synonym
- Helix comnena Retowski, 1889 junior subjective synonym
- Helix profuga A. Schmidt, 1854 (junior synonym; replacement name...)
- Helix tringa Fagot, 1884 (junior synonym)
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This is a small snail with a white and brown striped shell.
This species creates and uses love darts as part of its mating behavior.
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