MolluscaBase - Cepaea nemoralis (Linnaeus, 1758)

MSBIAS taxon details

Cepaea nemoralis (Linnaeus, 1758)

Cepaea nemoralis

AphiaID

235792 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:235792)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Species

Parent

Cepaea Held, 1838

Original name

Helix nemoralis Linnaeus, 1758

Environment

~~marine~~, ~~brackish~~, ~~fresh~~, terrestrial

Original description

(of ) Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. [The system of nature through the three kingdoms of nature, according to classes, orders, genera, species, with characters, differences, synonyms, places.]. Impensis Direct. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm]. 1(10) [iii], 824 p., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886
page(s): 773 [details] Available for editors

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Cepaea nemoralis (Linnaeus, 1758). Accessed through: The UK Marine Environmental Data and Information Network (2025) Marine Species of the British Isles and Adjacent Seas (MSBIAS): a checklist of species derived from the UNICORN and Marine Recorder applications at: https://www.marinespecies.org/msbias/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=235792 on 2025-05-12

Regional species database citation

The UK Marine Environmental Data and Information Network (2025). Marine Species of the British Isles and Adjacent Seas (MSBIAS): a checklist of species derived from the UNICORN and Marine Recorder applications. Cepaea nemoralis (Linnaeus, 1758). Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/Msbias/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=235792 on 2025-05-12

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2006-12-15 15:28:17Z

created

Vandepitte, Leen

2010-03-24 13:21:54Z

checked

Gofas, Serge

2017-01-13 13:15:55Z

changed

Neubauer, Thomas A.

2022-10-18 08:39:29Z

changed

Neubert, Eike

[taxonomic tree]

original description (of ) Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. [The system of nature through the three kingdoms of nature, according to classes, orders, genera, species, with characters, differences, synonyms, places.]. Impensis Direct. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm]. 1(10) [iii], 824 p., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886
page(s): 773 [details] Available for editors

context source (MSBIAS) Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom. (2023). 2019 The Marine Biological Association of the UK (MBA) Wembury Bioblitz survey. The Archive for Marine Species and Habitats Data (DASSH). , available online at https://portal.medin.org.uk/portal/start.php#details?tpc=010_71a02145fae5466afe757cd48b999ded [details]

basis of record De Smet, W.H.O.; Van Rompu, E.A. (1989). Thrush predation shell polymorphism in Cepaea nemoralis (L.) (Helicidae) along the Belgian coastal dunes. Ann. Soc. Roy. Zool. Bel. 119(2): 213-214 (look up in IMIS) [details]

additional source Sysoev, A. V. & Schileyko, A. A. (2009). Land snails and slugs of Russia and adjacent countries. Sofia/Moskva (Pensoft). 312 pp., 142 plates. [June] [= Pensoft Series Faunistica No 87].
page(s): 167, Fig. 89C [details] Available for editors

additional source Balashov, I. A.; Markova, A. (2021). The first records of an invasive land snail Cepaea nemoralis (Stylommatophora: Helicidae) in Central and Southern Ukraine. Ruthenica. 31 (3): 121-125. [details] Available for editors

additional source Jacobson, M. K. & Smit, W. (1946). And now in Rockaway Beach!. The Nautilus. 60(1): 2-4., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8523675 [details]

additional source Blakeslee, C. L. (1945). The Cepaea nemoralis of Brighton, Monroe County, New York. The Nautilus. 59(2): 44-47., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8523539 [details]

additional source Matteson, E. G. (1945). Rhode Island is invaded. The Nautilus. 59(2): 47-48., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8523542 [details]

additional source Cameron, R. A. D. & Williamson, P. (1977). Estimating migration and the efffects of disturbance in mark-recapture studies on the snail Cepaea nemoralis L. Journal of Animal Ecology. 46(1): 173-179., available online at https://www.jstor.org/stable/3954?origin=crossref [details]

additional source Clarke, B. & Murray, J. (1962). Changes in gene frequency in Cepaea nemoralis (L.). Heredity. 17(4): 445-465. [details]

additional source Rehder, H. A. (1947). Cepaea nemoralis in Boston. The Nautilus. 61(1): 35-36., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8284731 [details]

additional source Flipse, R. C. (1948). A mixed colony of Cepaea nemoralis and Cepaea hortensis on Long Island, New York. The Nautilus. 61(4): 132-133., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8284838 [details]

additional source Cain, A. J. & Currey, J. D. (1963). Area effects in Cepaea. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London, Series B. no. 726, 246: 1-81. [details]

additional source Cain, A. J., Sheppard, P. M. & King, J. M. B. (1968). Studies on Cepaea. I. The genetics of some morphs and varieties of Cepaea nemoralis. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London, Series B. No. 789, 253: 383-396. [details]

additional source Carter, M. A. (1968). Studies on Cepaea. II. Area effects and visual selection in Cepaea nemoralis (L.) and Cepaea hortensis. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London, Series B. No. 789, 253: 397-446. [details]

additional source Cain, A. J. & Currey, J. D. (1968). Studies on Cepaea. III. Ecogenetics of a population of Cepaea nemoralis (L.) subject to strong area effects. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London, Series B. No. 789, 253: 447-482. [details]

additional source Currey, J. D. & Cain, A. J. (1968). Studies in Cepaea. IV. Climate and selection of banding morphs in Cepaea from the climatic optimum to the present day. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London, Series B. No. 789, 253: 483-498. [details]

additional source Cain, A. J. (1968). Studies on Cepaea. V. Sand-dune populations of Cepaea nemoralis (L.). Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London, Series B. No. 789, 253: 499-518. [details]

additional source Arnold, R. W. (1968). Studies on Cepaea. VII. Climatic selection in Cepaea nemoralis (L.) in the Pyrenees. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London, Series B. No. 789, 253: 549-595. [details]

additional source Schilder, F. A. (1949). The variation of banding in Cepaea. The Nautilus. 62(4): 116-119., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8519663 [details]

additional source Jacobson, M. K. (1951). Two new molluscan records from the New York area. The Nautilus. 64(3): 104., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8524371 [details]

additional source Martucci, G.; Pingitore, A.; Maio, N.; Petraccioli, A.; Sparacio, I. (2018). Contributo alla conoscenza di Cepaea nemoralis (Linnaeus, 1758) in Italia meridionale: quadro storico e nuove segnalazioni. Quaderni del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Ferrara. 6: 47-54. [details] Available for editors

additional source Landman, M. A. (1956). Statistics on a colony of Cepaea nemoralis. The Nautilus. 69(3): 104-106., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8525271 [details]

additional source Clench, W. J. (1960). Cepaea nemoralis (Linne) from Newport, Rhode Island. The Nautilus. 74(2): 82., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8523957 [details]