Cerion (gastropod)

Cerion
Temporal range: Early Miocene–Recent[1]
Drawing of a live individual of Cerion chrysalis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Order: Stylommatophora
Infraorder: Helicina
Superfamily: Urocoptoidea
Family: Cerionidae
Genus: Cerion
Röding, 1798[2]
Type species
Turbo uva
Species

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Cerion is a genus of small to medium-sized tropical air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropods in the family Cerionidae, noted for its extreme morphological diversity. The genus is endemic to the Caribbean region.[4][5]

Cerion has been a model organism in evolutionary biology. The genus has significantly contributed to scientific understanding of evolutionary processes in insular environments, making it a key subject in biogeographical and ecological research.[6][1][7]

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  2. ^ Röding P. F. (1798). Museum Boltenianum sive catalogus cimeliorum e tribus regnis naturæ quæ olim collegerat Joa. Fried Bolten, M. D. p. d. per XL. annos proto physicus Hamburgensis. Pars secunda continens conchylia sive testacea univalvia, bivalvia & multivalvia. pp. [1-3], [1-8], 1-199. Hamburg. page 90.
  3. ^ a b "Cerion Röding, 1798". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species.
  4. ^ Shrestha, Yesha; Wirshing, Herman H.; Harasewych, M. G. (2015-09-17). "The Genus Cerion (Gastropoda: Cerionidae) in the Florida Keys". PLOS ONE. 10 (9): e0137325. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0137325. ISSN 1932-6203. PMC 4574968. PMID 26378443.
  5. ^ Bartsch, Paul (1940-03-22). "Land Mollusca of North America: Land Mollusca of North America (North of Mexico) . Vol. 1, Part 1. By Henry A. Pilsbry". Science. 91 (2360): 292–293. doi:10.1126/science.91.2360.292-c. ISSN 0036-8075.
  6. ^ Hearty, Paul J.; Schellenberg, Stephen A. (September 2008). "Integrated Late Quaternary chronostratigraphy for San Salvador Island, Bahamas: Patterns and trends of morphological change in the land snail Cerion". Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology. 267 (1–2): 41–58. doi:10.1016/j.palaeo.2008.06.003. ISSN 0031-0182.
  7. ^ Uit De Weerd, D. R. (2008-07-28). "Delimitation and phylogenetics of the diverse land-snail family Urocoptidae (Gastropoda: Pulmonata) based on 28S rRNA sequence data: a reunion with Cerion". Journal of Molluscan Studies. 74 (4): 317–329. doi:10.1093/mollus/eyn023. ISSN 0260-1230.