Cernuellopsis
| Cernuellopsis | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Heterobranchia |
| Order: | Stylommatophora |
| Family: | Geomitridae |
| Genus: | Cernuellopsis Manganelli & Giusti, 1988 |
| Species: | C. ghisottii |
| Binomial name | |
| Cernuellopsis ghisottii Manganelli & Giusti, 1988 | |
Cernuellopsis is a genus of air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Geomitridae. It contains a single species, Cernuellopsis ghisottii, endemic to the Italian Peninsula.
The species epithet ghisottii refers to Dr. Fernando Ghisottii, former president of the Società Italiana di Malacologia, to whom the species was dedicated.
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