Cernuella neglecta

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Helicella (Xerocincta) ammonis acrenoica Haas, 1936 (junior synonym); Helix (Xerophila) neglecta Draparnaud, 1805 (superseded combination); Helix ammonis Strobel, 1857(junior synonym); Helix bononiensis De Stefani, 1883 (junior synonym); Helix discrepans Tiberi, 1878 (invalid; not L.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1889 (junior synonym); Helix trepidulina Pollonera, 1892 (junior synonym); Xerocincta neglecta (Draparnaud, 1805) (superseded combination);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

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

Distribution and conservation status