Cernuella hydruntina 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 |
| Order: | Stylommatophora |
| Family: | Geomitridae |
| Subfamily: | Helicellinae |
| Tribe: | Cernuellini |
| Genus: | Cernuella |
| Species: | C. hydruntina
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Cernuella (Cernuella) hydruntina (Kobelt, 1883) · alternate representation | |
This species creates and uses love darts in its mating behavior.
References
edit- ^ 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.
- ^ MolluscaBase eds. (2022). MolluscaBase. Cernuella hydruntina (Kobelt, 1883). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1050002 on 2022-07-23
- Bank, R. A.; Neubert, E. (2017). Checklist of the land and freshwater Gastropoda of Europe. Last update: July 16, 2017
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