Cernuella neglecta

Cernuella neglecta
	Cernuella neglecta shells
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
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Helicella (Xerocincta) ammonis acrenoica Haas, 1936 (junior synonym); Helix (Xerophila) neglecta Draparnaud, 1805 (superseded combination); Helix ammonis Strobel, 1857(junior synonym); Helix bononiensis De Stefani, 1883 (junior synonym); Helix discrepans Tiberi, 1878 (invalid; not L.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1889 (junior synonym); Helix trepidulina Pollonera, 1892 (junior synonym); Xerocincta neglecta (Draparnaud, 1805) (superseded combination);

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:

^ 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
^ 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Cited 9 January 2008.
^ Anderson, Roy (2005). "An annotated list of the non-marine molluscs of Britain and Ireland". Journal of Conchology. 38 (6): 607–637. ISSN 1753-2205. Retrieved 30 June 2012.

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

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Cernuella neglecta

Cernuella neglecta shells
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
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)