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Helicella (Xerocincta) ammonis acrenoica Haas, 1936 (junior synonym) Helix (Xerophila) neglecta Draparnaud, 1805 (superseded combination) Helix ammonis Strobel, 1857(junior synonym) Helix bononiensis De Stefani, 1883 (junior synonym) Helix discrepans Tiberi, 1878 (invalid; not L.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1889 (junior synonym) Helix trepidulina Pollonera, 1892 (junior synonym) Xerocincta neglecta (Draparnaud, 1805) (superseded combination)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

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)

Distribution

This snail lives in European countries and islands including:

Czech Republic - Bohemia
Great Britain - extinct
Netherlands
Poland
Spain

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