Cernuella cisalpina (Rossmässler, 1837) Maritime Gardensnail

    Dr. David Robinson, National Malacology Specialist of the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS), Plant Protection and Quarantine (PPQ), National Identification Services (NIS) identified these snails. Cernuella virgata (da Costa, 1778) is very similar, and Dr. Robinson is considering molecular taxonomic research to clarify the position of these and related nominal taxa.

Cernuella cisalpina (Rossmässler, 1837) Maritime Gardensnail

Cernuella cisalpina (Rossmässler, 1837) Maritime Gardensnail

Cernuella cisalpina (Rossmässler, 1837) Maritime Gardensnail

Cernuella cisalpina (Rossmässler, 1837) Maritime Gardensnail
    From the banks of a grassy swale just north of US Route 64, 200 meters west of Alligator River, Tyrrell Co., North Carolina, 9/25/2007 (about 8 mm.)

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