Cantareus apertus

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Cantareus apertus
Cantareus apertus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Heterobranchia
Order: Stylommatophora
Family: Helicidae
Genus: Cantareus
Species:
C. apertus
Binomial name
Cantareus apertus
(
Born, 1778)[1]
Synonyms
  • Cornu apertus (Born, 1778) (superseded generic combination)
  • Helix (Cantareus) apertus (Born, 1778)
  • Helix aperta Born, 1778 (original combination)
  • Helix naticoides Draparnaud, 1801 (junior synonym)

Cantareus apertus,

mollusc in the family Helicidae
, the typical snails.

Distribution

Cantareus apertus is native to Europe primarily near the Mediterranean Sea, and also North Africa.

Distribution of Cantareus apertus include:

In Salento it is known as municeḍḍe and in Sicily as attuppateḍḍu.

It has also been introduced to other areas:

This species is already established in the United States, and is considered to represent a potentially serious threat as a pest, an invasive species which could negatively affect agriculture, natural ecosystems, human health or commerce. Therefore, it has been suggested that this species be given top national quarantine significance in the USA.[5]

dorsal view of Cantareus apertus
shells of Cantareus apertus
Five views of a shell of Cantareus apertus

Description

The

last whorl is much larger than the others.[3]
The width of the shell is 22–28 mm.; the height of the shell is also 22–28 mm.[3]

Ecology

Cantareus apertus inhabits Mediterranean shrublands, near cultivated fields, gardens.[3] In Gavdos (Greece) also in woodland spreading on recently abandoned cultivated fields, more rarely in natural habitats.[3]

In Crete this species is active for 3–4 months after the first rainfalls in October. It aestivates buried relatively deep in the soil.[3] In hot, dry weather, it burrows three to six inches[citation needed] into the ground and becomes dormant until rain softens the soil. A white convex epiphragm is created for aestivation.[3]

love dart of Cantareus apertus

This species of snail makes and uses

love darts
.

References

This article incorporates public domain text from the reference.[3]

  1. Born I.
    (1778). Index rerum naturalium Musei Caesarei Vindobonensis. Pars I.ma. Testacea. Verzeichniß der natürlichen Seltenheiten des k. k. Naturalien Cabinets zu Wien. Erster Theil. Schalthiere. pp. [1–40], 1–458, [1–82]. Vindobonae.
  2. Helix aspersa
    in the same genus and do not like to use Helix for them, the name should be Cornu apertum, but this combination has very rarely been used.
  3. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p "Species summary for Helix apertus". AnimalBase, last modified 24 January 2010, accessed 13 October 2010.
  4. ^ 2. Helix apertus (Born)
  5. ^ Cowie R. H., Dillon R. T., Robinson D. G. & Smith J. W. (2009). "Alien non-marine snails and slugs of priority quarantine importance in the United States: A preliminary risk assessment". American Malacological Bulletin 27: 113–132. PDF Archived 16 June 2016 at the Wayback Machine.

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