Cepaea
- For the plant genus, see its synonym Sedum.
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| White-lipped snail Cepaea hortensis | |
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clade Heterobranchia
clade Euthyneura clade Panpulmonata clade Eupulmonata clade Stylommatophora informal group Sigmurethra |
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Cepaea
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| Helix nemoralis Linnaeus, 1758[2]
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Cepaea is a genus of medium-sized air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Helicidae. The shells of species within this genus are often brightly colored and patterned with stripes.[3] Species from this genus, in particular the common and widespread C. nemoralis and C. hortensis, have been model species for early studies of genetics and natural selection.[4] They occur in Europe, although introduced populations occur elsewhere in the world.[2]
Like many Helicidae, this genus of snails create and use love darts.[3]
Species
Four species are currently classified in the genus Cepaea.[2]
However, molecular phylogenetic studies suggest that the latter two should be placed in unrelated genera:[5]
- Cepaea hortensis (O. F. Müller, 1774)
- Cepaea nemoralis (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Cepaea sylvatica (Drapanaud, 1801)
- Cepaea vindobonensis (Férussac, 1821)
References
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- Yamazaki N., Ueshima R., Terrett J. A., Yokobori S., Kaifu M., Segawa R., Kobayashi T., Numachi K., Ueda T., Nishikawa K., Watanabe K. & Thomas R. H. 1997. Evolution of pulmonate gastropod mitochondrial genomes: comparisons of complete gene organizations of Euhadra, Cepaea and Albinaria and implications of unusual tRNA secondary structures. Genetics 145: 749–758.
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