''Cernuella neglecta'', the dune snail, is a

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of small air-breathing land snail, a

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pulmonate gastropod mollusc in the family

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

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banks.

Distribution and conservation status

This species is not listed in

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- not evaluated (NE) Cernuella-neglecta-map-eur-nm-moll

This snail lives in European countries and islands including: *

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- Bohemia * Great Britain - extinct *

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References

* 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 16th, 2017

External links

* Series of life images at

Draparnaud, J.-P.-R. (1805). Histoire naturelle des mollusques terrestres et fluviatiles de la France. 2 pp. (Avertissement a sa Majesté l'Impératrice), 2 pp. Rapport, i-viii (Préface), 1-164, pl. 1-13, 1 p. Errata
Geomitridae Gastropods described in 1805 {{Geomitridae-stub